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er purposes, consisting of about sixty per cent of copper, and forty of zinc. Sometimes a little lead is added. It is named from the inventor. -- Prince's metal (Old Chem.), an alloy resembling brass, consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; -- also called Prince Rupert's metal.

(because of their general chemical inertness and indifference) called also the paraffin (little affinity) series. The lightest members are gases, as methane, ethane; intermediate members are liquids, as hexane, heptane, etc. (found in benzine, kerosene, etc.); while the highest members are white, waxy, or fatty solids…

Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope.

A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. Shak.

"Giants of mighty bone." Milton. Mighty was their fuss about little matters. Hawthorne.

. Adore him as a mild and merciful Being. Rogers. Mild, or Low, steel, steel that has but little carbon in it and is not readily hardened.

A little darling; a favorite; a minion. [Obs.] Florio.

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

The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes.

Inferior in bulk, degree, importance, etc.; less; smaller; of little account; as, minor divisions of a body.

Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight; slender; inconsiderable. "Minute drops." Milton.

A little bagpipe. [Obs.] Drayton.

Wrong use; misapplication; erroneous or improper use. Words little suspected for any such misuse. Locke.

To value wrongly or too little; to undervalue. But for I am so young, I dread my work Wot be misvalued both of old and young. W. Browne.

Anything very small; a minute object; a very little quantity or particle. For in effect they be not worth a myte. Chaucer.

A little one; -- used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Skelton.

hich a thing is to be measured; standard. He that despairs measures Providence by his own little, contracted model. South.

plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. -- Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, -- used in modeling.

With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. -- Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.

A little; a small quantity; a measured simply. "Modicums of wit." Shak. Her usual modicum of beer and punch. Thackeray.