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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  Not  loudly;  faintly;  timidly.  [Obs.  or  Humorous] 
 
  You  may  speak  as  small  as  you  will  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Small  \Small\,  n. 
  1.  The  small  or  slender  part  of  a  thing  as  the  small  of  the 
  leg  or  of  the  back 
 
  2.  pl  Smallclothes.  [Colloq.]  --Hood.  Dickens. 
 
  3.  pl  Same  as  {Little  go}.  See  under  {Little},  a. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Small  \Small\,  v.  t. 
  To  make  little  or  less  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Small  \Small\  (sm[add]l),  a.  [Compar.  {Smaller};  superl. 
  {Smallest}.]  [OE.  small  AS  sm[ae]l;  akin  to  D.  smal  narrow, 
  OS  &  OHG.  smal  small  G.  schmal  narrow,  Dan.  &  Sw  smal, 
  Goth.  smals  small  Icel.  smali  smal  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. 
 
  To  compare  Great  things  with  small  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Being  of  slight  consequence;  feeble  in  influence  or 
  importance;  unimportant;  trivial;  insignificant;  as  a 
  small  fault;  a  small  business. 
 
  3.  Envincing  little  worth  or  ability;  not  large-minded;  -- 
  sometimes  in  reproach,  paltry;  mean 
 
  A  true  delineation  of  the  smallest  man  is  capable  of 
  interesting  the  greatest  man.  --Carlyle. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  small 
  adj  1:  limited  or  below  average  in  number  or  quantity  or  magnitude 
  or  extent;  "a  little  dining  room";  "a  small  house"; 
  "read  the  small  print";  "a  little  (or  small)  group" 
  [syn:  {little}]  [ant:  {large},  {large}] 
  2:  limited  in  size  or  scope;  "a  small  business";  "a  newspaper 
  with  a  modest  circulation";  "small-scale  plans"  [syn:  {minor}, 
  {modest},  {small-scale}] 
  3:  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}] 
  4:  of  little  importance  or  influence  or  power;  of  minor  status; 
  "a  minor,  insignificant  bureaucrat";  "the  little  man"; 
  "peanut  politicians";  "a  crowd  of  small  writers  had  vainly 
  attempted  to  rival  Addison"-  Macaulay  [syn:  {insignificant}, 
  {little},  {peanut}] 
  5:  very  young;  "a  little  child";  "small  children"  [syn:  {little}] 
  6:  too  small  to  be  seen  except  under  a  microscope  [syn:  {microscopic}, 
  {microscopical}]  [ant:  {macroscopic}] 
  7:  not  large  but  sufficient  in  size  or  amount;  "a  modest 
  salary";  "modest  inflation";  "helped  in  my  own  small  way" 
  [syn:  {modest}] 
  8:  (of  a  voice)  faint;  "a  little  voice";  "a  still  small  voice" 
  [syn:  {little}] 
  9:  made  to  seem  smaller  or  less  (especially  in  worth);  "her 
  comments  made  me  feel  small"  [syn:  {belittled},  {diminished}] 
  10:  lowercase;  "little  a";  "small  a";  "e.e.cummings's  poetry  is 
  written  all  in  minuscule  letters"  [syn:  {little},  {minuscule}] 
  11:  contemptibly  narrow  in  outlook;  "a  little  mind  consumed  with 
  trivia";  "petty  little  comments";  "disgusted  with  the 
  pettiness  of  small  minds"  [syn:  {little},  {petty},  {small-minded}] 
  12:  have  fine  or  very  small  constituent  particles;  "a  small 
  misty  rain" 
  13:  (archaic)  slight  or  limited;  especially  in  degree  or 
  intensity  or  scope;  "a  series  of  death  struggles  with 
  small  time  in  between"  [syn:  {small(a)}] 
  14:  used  of  persons  or  behavior;  characterized  by  or  indicative 
  of  lack  of  generosity;  "a  small  miserly  man"  [syn:  {mean}, 
  {mingy},  {miserly},  {little},  {tight}] 
  n  1:  the  slender  part  of  the  back 
  2:  a  garment  size  for  a  small  person 
  adv  :  on  a  small  scale;  "think  small"  [ant:  {big}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SMALL 
 
  1.  Functional,  lazy,  untyped. 
 
  ["SMALL  -  A  Small  Interactive  Functional  System", 
  L.  Augustsson  TR  28,  U  Goteborg  and  Chalmers  U,  1986]. 
 
  2.  A  {toy  language}  used  to  illustrate  {denotational 
  semantics}. 
 
  ["The  Denotational  Description  of  Programming  Languages", 
  M.J.C.  Gordon,  Springer  1979].




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