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Having the form of a little chain; -- applied to bacteria when, as in multiplication by fission, they form chain of filiform individuals.

on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sit. J. Davies.

Chinese measure of distance, being a little more that one third of a mile.

A diarrhea, in which the food is discharged imperfectly digested, or with but little change. Dunglison.

Having little, or comparatively little, weight; not tending to be the center of gravity with force; not heavy. These weights did not exert their natural gravity . . . insomuch that I could not guess which was light or heavy whilst I held them in my hand. Addison.

With little weight; with little force; as, to tread lightly; to press lightly. Yet shall thy grave with rising flowers be drest, And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast. Pope. Him thus intent Ithuriel with his spear Touched lightly. Milton.

; as, to feel like taking a walk. Had like (followed by the infinitive), had nearly; came little short of. Had like to have been my utter overthrow. Sir W. Raleigh Ramona had like to have said the literal truth, . . . but recollected herself in time. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. Like figures (Geom.), similar figures.…

g or person regarded as a part or member of, or attachment to, something else. Shak. That little limb of the devil has cheated the gallows. Sir W. Scott.

Marked with little lines.

A little tongue or thong of leather; a lacing for belts. Crabb.

A little lip.

A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.

Little. [Obs.] Chaucer.

other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

A little lobule, or subdivision of a lobule.

A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain.

A little hollow; a loculus.

A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] Swift.

A little lord. Thackeray.

A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith.