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The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.

Taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little changeling boy." Shak.

A little song. These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black.

Free from, or with little, charge.

A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

A little castle.

Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.

Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person. His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne.

f the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare.

To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.

To cut small pieces from; to diminsh or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. Shak.

d or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.

A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband. Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled. Spenser.

rts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul. This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us. T. Burnet.

A little hoof.

A little cloud. R. Browning. Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.