01 n. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
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1.
Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
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2.
The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
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3.
A small fish; a minnow.(Zool.) [Prov. Eng.]
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4.
A little man or being; a dwarf.[Obs.]
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5.
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.(Eccl. Hist.)
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A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.(Mus.)
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7.
A short poetical encomium.[Obs.]