Minor
Mi″nor (mī″nẽr), a. [L., a comparative with no positive; akin to AS. min small, G. minder less, OHG. minniro, a., min, adv., Icel. minni, a., minnr, adv., Goth. minniza, a., min...
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Minor (2)
Mi″nor (?), n. 1. A person of either sex who has not attained the age at which full civil rights are accorded; an infant; in England and the United States, one under twenty-one ...
Minorat
‖Mi′no‐rat″ (?), n. [G. Cf. Minor, a.] (Law) A custom or right, analogous to borough-English in England, formerly existing in various parts of Europe, and surviving in parts of ...
Minorate
Mi″nor‐ate (?), v. t. [L. minoratus; p. p. of minorare to diminish, fr. minor, a. See 1st Minor.] To diminish. Sir T. Browne.
Minoration
Mi′nor‐a″tion (?), n. [L. minoratio: cf. F. minoration.] A diminution. Sir T. Browne.
Minoress
Mi″nor‐ess (?), n. See Franciscan Nuns, under Franciscan, a.
Minorite
Mi″nor‐ite (?), n. [L. minor less. Cf. 2d Minor, 3.] A Franciscan friar.
Minority
Mi‐nor″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Minorities (#). [Cf. F. minorité. See Minor, a. & n.]1. The state of being a minor, or under age.2. State of being less or small. Sir T. Browne.3. The sm...
Minos
Mi″nos (?), n.(Class. Myth.) A king and lawgiver of Crete, fabled to be the son of Jupiter and Europa. After death he was made a judge in the Lower Regions.
Minotaur
Min″o‐taur (mĭn″ō̍‐ta̤r), n. [L. Minotaurus, Gr. Μινώταυροσ; Μίνοσ, the husband of Pasiphaë + ταυ̑ροσ a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull: cf. F. min...
Minow
Min″ow (?), n. See Minnow.
Minster
Min″ster (?), n. [AS. mynster, fr. L. monasterium. See Monastery.] (Arch.) A church of a monastery. The name is often retained and applied to the church after the monastery has ...
Minstrel
Min″strel (?), n. [OE. minstrel, menestral, OF. menestrel, fr. LL. ministerialis servant, workman (cf. ministrellus harpist), fr. L. ministerium service. See Ministry, and cf. M...
Minstrelsy
Min″strel‐sy (?), n. 1. The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.2. Musical instruments. Chaucer.3. A collective body of minstrels, or musicia...
Mint
Mint (mĭnt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. μίνθα, μίνθη.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils...
Mint (2)
Mint, n. [AS. mynet money, coin, fr. L. moneta the mint, coined money, fr. Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, AS. ma...
Mint (3)
Mint, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Minted; p. pr. & vb. n.Minting.] [AS. mynetian.]1. To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.2. To invent; to forge; to fabri...
Mint sauce
Mint sauce. 1. A sauce of vinegar and sugar flavored with spearmint leaves.2. Money.
Mint-master
Mint″–mas′ter (?), n. The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.
Mintage
Mint″age (?), n. 1. The coin, or other production, made in a mint.Stamped in clay, a heavenly mintage. Sterling.2. The duty paid to the mint for coining.
Minter
Mint″er (?), n. One who mints.
Mintman
Mint″man (?), n.; pl.Mintmen (�). One skilled in coining, or in coins; a coiner.
Minuend
Min″u‐end (?), n. [L. minuendus to be diminished, fr. minuere to lessen, diminish. See Minish.] (Arith.) The number from which another number is to be subtracted.
Minuet
Min″u‐et (?), n. [F., fr. menu small, L. minutus small. So called on account of the short steps of the dance. See 4th Minute.]1. A slow graceful dance consisting of a coupee, a ...
Minum
Min″um (?), n. [See 2d Minion, Minum, 6.]1. A small kind of printing type; minion.2. (Mus.) A minim.
Minus
Mi″nus (mī″nŭs), a. [L. See Minor, and cf. Mis- pref. from the French.] (Math.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity.Minus sign(Math.), the sign deno...
Minuscule
Mi‐nus″cule (?), n. [L. minusculus rather small, fr. minus less: cf. F. minuscule.]1. Any very small, minute object.2. A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; ...