MINIM

n. a.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.

2.
n.

The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

3.
n.

A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]

4.
n.

A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] Milton.

5.
n.

One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

6.
n.

A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.

7.
n.

A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] Spenser.

8.
a.

Minute. "Minim forms." J. R. Drake.


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