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An authentic minute of an official act, or statement of facts.

Extending to a great length; unnecessarily long; minute in narration or argument; excessively particular in detail; -- rarely used except with reference to discourse written or spoken; as, a prolix oration; a prolix poem; a prolix sermon. With wig prolix, down flowing to his waist. Cowper.

The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail; as, prolixity in discourses and writings. "For fulsomeness of his prolixitee." Chaucer. Idly running on with vain prolixity. Drayton.

A minute tube found in the protocon

The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oöphoric generation of ferns, etc.

A genus of minute unicellular algæ including the red snow plant (Protococcus nivalis).

The minutes, or rough draught, of an instrument or transaction.

One of the minute spindle-shaped embryos of Gregarinæ and some other Protozoa.

A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al, a.

A minute parasite, usually the young of Gregarinæ, in the pseudonavicula stage.

Very minutely downy.

Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.

immediately as it comes from the tree. By a simple machine a man will pulp a bushel in a minute. B. Edwards.

One of the minute cushions on the feet of certain insects.

Dotted with small spots of color, or with minute depressions or pits.

Having the surface covered with minute indentations or dots.

A minute biting fly of the genus Ceratopogon or allied genus of the family Chironomidæ, found in swarms in various densely wooded or mountaneous regions. [U. S.]

labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery. One poor retiring minute . . . Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends. Shak. A world who would not purchase with a bruise Milton.

tterance falling on the initial part of a syllable or sound. -- Radical vessels (Anat.), minute vessels which originate in the substance of the tissues.

A very sensitive modification or application of the thermopile, used for indicating minute changes of radiant heat, or temperature.