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<h1>Little</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like.</def>

<blockquote>Much was in <b>little</b> writ. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There are many expressions, which carrying with them no clear ideas, are like to remove but <b>little</b> of my ignorance. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A small degree or scale; miniature.</def> " His picture in <i>little</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>A little, to or in a small degree; to a limited extent; somewhat; for a short time. " Stay a <b>little</b>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The painter flattered her a <b>little</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

-- <mcol><col>By little and little</col>, &or; <col>Little by little</col></mcol>, <cd>by slow degrees; piecemeal; gradually.</cd>

<h1>Little</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"tle</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.</def> " The poor sleep <i>little</i>."

<i>Otway.</i>

<h1>Little-ease</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"tle-ease`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.</def><mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Latimer.</i>

<h1>Littleness</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"tle*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being little; <as>as, <ex>littleness</ex> of size, thought, duration, power, etc.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Smallness; slightness; inconsiderableness; narrowness; insignificance; meanness; penuriousness.</syn>

<h1>Littoral</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"to*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>littoralis</ets>, <ets>litoralis</ets>, from <ets>littus</ets>, <ets>litus</ets>, the seashore: cf. F. <ets>littoral</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Inhabiting the seashore, esp. the zone between high-water and low-water mark.</def>

<h1>Littorina</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"to*ri"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Littoral</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See <er>Periwinkle</er>.</def>

<h1>Littress</h1> <Xpage=861>

<hw>Lit"tress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Litate</h1> <Xpage=861>