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Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child. He sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. Luke xix. 3.

An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.[Eng.] Latimer.

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards. Knight.

Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.

In the manner of a liturgy.

The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

One versed in liturgiology.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton.

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.…

A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens.

One of a sect in Africa (4th century), mentioned by St. Augustine, who states that they married, but lived in continence, after the manner, as they pretended, of Abel.

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli…