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A little lip.

A small lobe; a lobule.

A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.

A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

A little bag or budget. [Obs.] Shelton.

See Maltreat.

A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet.

A short cloak or mantle worn by women. A mantelet upon his shoulders hanging. Chaucer.

A silk or woolen vestment without sleeves worn by cardinals, bishops, abbots, and the prelates of the Roman court. It has a low collar, is fastened in front, and reaches almost to the knees.

See Mantelet.

See Marmalade. [Obs.]

The European house martin.

A small medal.

An optical apparatus in which pictures are viewed through a large lens with stereoptical effects. It is often combined with the stereoscope.

See Quercitin.

cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are Panicum miliaceum, and Setaria Italica.

An irregular or partisan soldier; a bandit.

See Mistletoe.

titious regard among the Druids. A bird lime is prepared from its fruit. [Written also misletoe, misseltoe, and mistleto.] Lindley. Loudon.

family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.