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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Small \Small\, v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller} (sm[add]l"[~e]r); superl. {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. smael; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali small cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. mh^lon a sheep or goat.] 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. [1913 Webster] To compare Great things with small. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a small fault; a small business. [1913 Webster] 3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; -- sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean. [1913 Webster] A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster] 4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. "A still, small voice." --1 Kings xix. 12. [1913 Webster] {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially of persons. "His quests, great and small." --Chaucer. {Small arms}, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon. {Small beer}. See under {Beer}. {Small coal}. (a) Little coals of wood formerly used to light fires. --Gay. (b) Coal about the size of a hazelnut, separated from the coarser parts by screening. {Small craft} (Naut.), a vessel, or vessels in general, of a small size. {Small fruits}. See under {Fruit}. {Small hand}, a certain size of paper. See under {Paper}. {Small hours}. See under {Hour}. {Small letter}. (Print.), a lower-case letter. See {Lower-case}, and {Capital letter}, under {Capital}, a. {Small piece}, a Scotch coin worth about 21/4d. sterling, or about 41/2cents. {Small register}. See the Note under 1st {Register}, 7. {Small stuff} (Naut.), spun yarn, marline, and the smallest kinds of rope. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Small talk}, light or trifling conversation; chitchat. {Small wares} (Com.), various small textile articles, as tapes, braid, tringe, and the like. --M`Culloch. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Small \Small\, adv. 1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.] "I wept but small." --Chaucer. "It small avails my mood." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous] [1913 Webster] You may speak as small as you will. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Small \Small\, n. 1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.] --Hood. Dickens. [1913 Webster] 3. pl. Same as {Little go}. See under {Little}, a. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: small adv 1: on a small scale; "think small" [ant: {big}] adj 1: limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group" [syn: {small}, {little}] [ant: {big}, {large}] 2: limited in size or scope; "a small business"; "a newspaper with a modest circulation"; "small-scale plans"; "a pocket- size country" [syn: {minor}, {modest}, {small}, {small- scale}, {pocket-size}, {pocket-sized}] 3: (of children and animals) young, immature; "what a big little boy you are"; "small children" [syn: {little}, {small}] 4: slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" 5: low or inferior in station or quality; "a humble cottage"; "a lowly parish priest"; "a modest man of the people"; "small beginnings" [syn: {humble}, {low}, {lowly}, {modest}, {small}] 6: lowercase; "little a"; "small a"; "e.e.cummings's poetry is written all in minuscule letters" [syn: {little}, {minuscule}, {small}] 7: (of a voice) faint; "a little voice"; "a still small voice" [syn: {little}, {small}] 8: have fine or very small constituent particles; "a small misty rain" 9: not large but sufficient in size or amount; "a modest salary"; "modest inflation"; "helped in my own small way" [syn: {modest}, {small}] 10: made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth); "her comments made me feel small" [syn: {belittled}, {diminished}, {small}] n 1: the slender part of the back 2: a garment size for a small person