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To hear by listening. [Archaic] [She] hearkened now and then Some little whispering and soft groaning sound. Spenser.

A little heart.

A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

A gambling house. "A convenient little gambling hell for those who had grown reckless." W. Black.

of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.

A crowd of low people; a rabble. But far more numerous was the herd of such Who think too little and who talk too much. Dryden. You can never interest the common herd in the abstract question. Coleridge. Herd's grass (Bot.), one of several species of grass, highly esteemed for hay. See under Grass.

A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.

to their race. While several attempts have been made to decipher the Hittite characters, little progress has yet been made.

A sauce consisting essentially of a seasoned emulsion of butter and yolk of eggs with a little lemon juice or vinegar.

annel. Forests grew Upon the barren hollows. Prior. I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood. Tennyson.

A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne.

A little hook.

ether tip. Coleridge. Horned bee (Zoöl.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis), having two little horns on the head. -- Horned dace (Zoöl.), an American cyprinoid fish (Semotilus corporialis) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub. See Illust. of Chub. -- Horned frog (Zoöl.), a very large Brazilian frog (Ceratoph…

out reward, or with kind and generous liberality. Given to hospitality. Rom. xii. 13. And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality. Shak.

A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy. [Written also huswife.] P. Skelton.

not oppose your design; I can not, however, approve of it. In your excuse your love does little say; You might howe'er have took a better way. Dryden.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. Jas. iv. 6. She should be humble who would please. Prior. With…

on; to urge to confused or irregular activity. And wild amazement hurries up and down The little number of your doubtful friends. Shak.

Injury; damage; detriment; harm; mischief. Thou dost me yet but little hurt. Shak.

s or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist. [R.] God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband, to improve the short remnant left me. Fuller.