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A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.

wish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).

A helper; a companion; specifically, a wife. In Minorca the ass and the hog are common helpmates, and are yoked together in order to turn up the land. Pennant. A waiting woman was generally considered as the most suitable helpmate for a parson. Macaulay.

The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor) of Europe. [Prov. Eng.]

n. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

(or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia Minor and southward into Palestine. They are known to have been met along the Orontes as early as 1500 b. c., and were often at war with the Egyptians and Assyrians. Especially in the north they developed a considerable civilizati…

give, transmit, or receive something; inability; disqualification; as, the inacapacity of minors to make binding contracts, etc.

The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.

has not attained the age of legal capacity; a person under the age of twenty-one years; a minor.

prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. [Written also gaol.] This jail I count the house of liberty. Milton. Jail bird, a prisoner; one who has been confined in prison. [Slang] - - Jail delivery, the r…

of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle. Leo Minor, a small constellation between Leo and the Great Bear.

quidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.

Of or pertaining to Lydia, a country of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants; hence, soft; effeminate; -- said especially of one of the ancient Greek modes or keys, the music in which was of a soft, pathetic, or voluptuous character. Softly sweet in Lydian measures, Soon he soothed his soul to pleasures. Dryden. Lydian st…

Greater, in respect to scales, intervals, etc., when used in opposition to minor; major. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

five and six and seven, make major seconds, and three and four, and seven and eight, make minor seconds. -- Major offense (Law), an offense of a greater degree which contains a lesser offense, as murder and robbery include assault. -- Major premise (Logic), that premise of a syllogism which contains the major term.…

to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite.

An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.

An instrument for recording minor fluctuations of atmospheric pressure, as opposed to general barometric surges.

Of or pertaining to Miletus, a city of Asia Minor, or to its inhabitants.

A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used chiefly in the plural.