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

To make damp; to wet in a small degree. A pipe a little moistened on the inside. Bacon.

A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill. Mortimer.

A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty. Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill. South.

A little mill.

A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]

Furnished with monticles or little elevations.

A little moon. [R.] Bp. Hall.

A rag baby; a puppet made of cloth; hence, also, in fondness, a little girl, or a woman.

roceeds normally up to about the eighth year of age and is then arrested so that there is little or no further development.

A little bite or bit of food. Chaucer. Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion. South.

Hence: To pledge, either literally or figuratively; to make subject to a claim or obligation. Mortgaging their lives to covetise. Spenser. I myself an mortgaged to thy will. Shak.

A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck. The little motes in the sun do ever stir, though there be no wind. Bacon. We are motes in the midst of generations. Landor.

in the phrase con moto, directing to a somewhat quicker movement; as, andante con moto, a little more rapidly than andante, etc.

A little mouse. Thackeray.

as fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. Deut. xxviii. 38.

A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. Museum beetle, Museum pest. (Zoöl.) See Anthrenus.

One who does not speak, whether from physical inability, unwillingness, or other cause. Specifically:

on of Christians formerly living under the government of the Moors in Spain, and having a liturgy and ritual of their own. [Written also Mozarab, Mostarab.] Brande & C.

Of or pertaining to Muzarabs; as, the Muzarabic liturgy. [Written also Mozarabic.]