MPage 254
- English Word Minute Definition Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable.
- English Word Minute Definition Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
- English Word Minute-jack Definition A figure which strikes the hour on the bell of some fanciful clocks; -- called also jack of the clock house.
- English Word Minute-jack Definition A timeserver; an inconstant person.
- English Word Minutely Definition In a minute manner; with minuteness; exactly; nicely.
- English Word Minutely Definition Happening every minute; continuing; unceasing.
- English Word Minutely Definition At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly.
- English Word Minuteman Definition A militiaman who was to be ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American Revolution.
- English Word Minutemen Definition of Minuteman
- English Word Minuteness Definition The quality of being minute.
- English Word Minutia Definition A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.
- English Word Minutiae Definition of Minutia
- English Word Minx Definition A pert or a wanton girl.
- English Word Minx Definition A she puppy; a pet dog.
- English Word Minx Definition The mink; -- called also minx otter.
- English Word Miny Definition Abounding with mines; like a mine.
- English Word Miocene Definition Of or pertaining to the middle division of the Tertiary.
- English Word Miocene Definition The Miocene period. See Chart of Geology.
- English Word Miohippus Definition An extinct Miocene mammal of the Horse family, closely related to the genus Anhithecrium, and having three usable hoofs on each foot.
- English Word Miquelet Definition An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.