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Min"im (?), n. [F. minime, L. minimus the least, smallest, a superl. of minor: cf. It. minima a note in music. See Minor, and cf. Minimum.]
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1. Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.
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2. The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, equal to one four-hundred-eightieth of a fluid ounce, or 0.06161 milliliter (U. S. measure) or 0.05919 milliliters (British measure).
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3. (Zo&ö;l.) A small fish; a minnow. [Prov. Eng.]
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4. A little man or being; a dwarf. [Obs.] Milton.
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5. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
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6. (Mus.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
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7. A short poetical encomium. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Min"im, a. Minute. “Minim forms.” J. R. Drake.
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