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   Samuel Rawson Gardiner
         n 1: British historian remembered for his ten-volume history of
               England (1829-1902) [syn: {Gardiner}, {Samuel Rawson
               Gardiner}]

English Dictionary: small-arm by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Samuel Rosenstock
n
  1. French poet (born in Romania) who was one of the cofounders of the dada movement (1896-1963)
    Synonym(s): Tzara, Tristan Tzara, Samuel Rosenstock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
similar
adj
  1. marked by correspondence or resemblance; "similar food at similar prices"; "problems similar to mine"; "they wore similar coats"
    Antonym(s): dissimilar
  2. having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste"
    Synonym(s): alike(p), similar, like
    Antonym(s): dissimilar, unalike
  3. resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination; "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality"
    Synonym(s): like, similar
    Antonym(s): different, dissimilar, unlike
  4. (of words) expressing closely related meanings
  5. capable of replacing or changing places with something else; permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability; "interchangeable electric outlets" "interchangeable parts"
    Synonym(s): exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, standardized, standardised
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
similarity
n
  1. the quality of being similar [ant: dissimilarity, unsimilarity]
  2. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) parts of a stimulus field that are similar to each other tend to be perceived as belonging together as a unit
    Synonym(s): similarity, law of similarity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
similarly
adv
  1. in like or similar manner; "He was similarly affected"; "some people have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil"- Samuel Johnson
    Synonym(s): similarly, likewise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small hours
n
  1. the hours just after midnight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small-arm
n
  1. a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
    Synonym(s): firearm, piece, small-arm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
small-eared
adj
  1. having small ears
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smaller
adj
  1. small or little relative to something else [syn: smaller, littler]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smaller pectoral muscle
n
  1. a skeletal muscle that draws down the scapula or raises the ribs
    Synonym(s): pectoralis minor, musculus pectoralis minor, smaller pectoral muscle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
smiler
n
  1. a person who smiles
  2. the human face (`kisser' and `smiler' and `mug' are informal terms for `face' and `phiz' is British)
    Synonym(s): countenance, physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sommelier
n
  1. a waiter who manages wine service in a hotel or restaurant
    Synonym(s): sommelier, wine waiter, wine steward
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seemly \Seem"ly\, adv. [Compar. {Seemlier}; superl.
      {Seemliest}.]
      In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly.
  
               Suddenly a men before him stood, Not rustic as before,
               but seemlier clad, As one in city or court or place
               bred.                                                      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Seemly \Seem"ly\, a. [Compar.{Seemlier}; superl. {Seeliest}.]
      [Icel. s[?]miligr, fr. s[?]mr becoming, fit; akin to samr
      same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like,
      hence, fitting. See {Seem}, v. i.]
      Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character;
      suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous.
  
               He had a seemly nose.                              --Chaucer.
  
               I am a woman, lacking wit To make a seemly answer to
               such persons.                                          --Shak.
  
               Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer
               and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of
               these controversies.                              --Hooker.
  
      Syn: Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous;
               meet; decent; decorous.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Semilor \Sem"i*lor\, n. [Cf. G. similor, semilor.]
      A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See {Simplor}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similar \Sim"i*lar\, n.
      That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in
      quality, form, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
      similar. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Simulate}.]
      1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
            precisely like.
  
      2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
            somewhat like; having a general likeness.
  
      3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
  
      {Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each
            other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
            of like parts similarly situated.
  
      {Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several
            angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
            about the equal angles proportional.
  
      {Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of
            similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
            inclination to one another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
      similar. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Simulate}.]
      1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
            precisely like.
  
      2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
            somewhat like; having a general likeness.
  
      3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
  
      {Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each
            other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
            of like parts similarly situated.
  
      {Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several
            angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
            about the equal angles proportional.
  
      {Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of
            similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
            inclination to one another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
      similar. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Simulate}.]
      1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
            precisely like.
  
      2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
            somewhat like; having a general likeness.
  
      3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
  
      {Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each
            other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
            of like parts similarly situated.
  
      {Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several
            angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
            about the equal angles proportional.
  
      {Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of
            similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
            inclination to one another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similar \Sim"i*lar\, a. [F. similaire, fr. L. similis like,
      similar. See {Same}, a., and cf. {Simulate}.]
      1. Exactly corresponding; resembling in all respects;
            precisely like.
  
      2. Nearly corresponding; resembling in many respects;
            somewhat like; having a general likeness.
  
      3. Homogenous; uniform. [R.] --Boyle.
  
      {Similar figures} (Geom.), figures which differ from each
            other only in magnitude, being made up of the same number
            of like parts similarly situated.
  
      {Similar rectilineal figures}, such as have their several
            angles respectively equal, each to each, and their sides
            about the equal angles proportional.
  
      {Similar solids}, such as are contained by the same number of
            similar planes, similarly situated, and having like
            inclination to one another.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similarity \Sim`i*lar"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F.
      similarit[82].]
      The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance;
      as, a similarity of features.
  
               Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or
               three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir
                                                                              W. Hamilton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similarly \Sim"i*lar*ly\, adv.
      In a similar manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similary \Sim"i*lar*y\, a.
      Similar. [Obs.]
  
               Rhyming cadences of similarly words.      --South.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Similor \Sim"i*lor\, n. [F., fr. L. similus similar + F. or
      gold, L. aurum. Cf. {Semilor}.]
      An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, but of a
      golden color. --Ure.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simular \Sim"u*lar\, n. [Cf. L. simulator, F. simulateur. See
      {Simulate}.]
      One who pretends to be what he is not; one who, or that
      which, simulates or counterfeits something; a pretender.
      [Obs.] --Shak.
  
               Christ calleth the Pharisees hypocrites, that is to
               say, simulars, and painted sepulchers.   --Tyndale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Simular \Sim"u*lar\, a.
      False; specious; counterfeit. [R. & Obs.] [bd]Thou simular
      man of virtue.[b8] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --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 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {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[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arms \Arms\, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma,
      pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E.
      arm. See {Arm}, n.]
      1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
  
                     He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. --Milton.
  
                     Three horses and three goodly suits of arms.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
            [bd]Arms and the man I sing.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. (Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to
            strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
            --Cowell. Blackstone.
  
      4. (Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of
            figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as
            marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from
            father to son.
  
      5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
            --Halliwell.
  
      {Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier.
  
      {In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility.
  
      {Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles,
            carbines, pistols, etc.
  
      {A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a
            musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the
            musket and bayonet alone.
  
      {To arms}! a summons to war or battle.
  
      {Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle,
            or for a military parade.
  
      {Arm's end},
  
      {Arm's length},
  
      {Arm's reach}. See under {Arm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
      {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
      canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
      mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
      1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
            any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
            explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
            closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
            an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
            means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
            smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
            Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
            {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
            terms in the Vocabulary.
  
                     As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
                     the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
                     cast a thing from a man long before there was any
                     gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
            cannon.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
  
      Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
               manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
               {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
               {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
               {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
  
      {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
            after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
  
      {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
            person superior in any way.
  
      {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
  
      {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
            moved.
  
      {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
            explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
            cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
            formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
            results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
            burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
            and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
            Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
            insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
            highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
            cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
            somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
            with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
            making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
            cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
            It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
            acid.
  
      {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
  
      {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
            is fired.
  
      {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
            copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
            also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
  
      {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
            cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
  
      {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
            side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
            the gun port.
  
      {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
            single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
  
      {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
            after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
  
      {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
            mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
            reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
            gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
            volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
            hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
            The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
            {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
            French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
  
      {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
            3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --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 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {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[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arms \Arms\, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma,
      pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E.
      arm. See {Arm}, n.]
      1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.
  
                     He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. --Milton.
  
                     Three horses and three goodly suits of arms.
                                                                              --Tennyson.
  
      2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
            [bd]Arms and the man I sing.[b8] --Dryden.
  
      3. (Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to
            strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
            --Cowell. Blackstone.
  
      4. (Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of
            figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as
            marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from
            father to son.
  
      5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
            --Halliwell.
  
      {Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier.
  
      {In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility.
  
      {Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles,
            carbines, pistols, etc.
  
      {A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a
            musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the
            musket and bayonet alone.
  
      {To arms}! a summons to war or battle.
  
      {Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle,
            or for a military parade.
  
      {Arm's end},
  
      {Arm's length},
  
      {Arm's reach}. See under {Arm}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Gun \Gun\, n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin; cf. Ir.,
      {Gael}.) A LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon) fr. L.
      canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
      mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
      1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
            any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the
            explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel
            closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with
            an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various
            means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are
            smaller guns, for hand use, and are called {small arms}.
            Larger guns are called {cannon}, {ordnance},
            {fieldpieces}, {carronades}, {howitzers}, etc. See these
            terms in the Vocabulary.
  
                     As swift as a pellet out of a gunne When fire is in
                     the powder runne.                              --Chaucer.
  
                     The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
                     cast a thing from a man long before there was any
                     gunpowder found out.                           --Selden.
  
      2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
            cannon.
  
      3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
  
      Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
               manner of loading as {rifled} or {smoothbore},
               {breech-loading} or {muzzle-loading}, {cast} or
               {built-up guns}; or according to their use, as {field},
               {mountain}, {prairie}, {seacoast}, and {siege guns}.
  
      {Armstrong gun}, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
            after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
  
      {Great gun}, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence (Fig.), a
            person superior in any way.
  
      {Gun barrel}, the barrel or tube of a gun.
  
      {Gun carriage}, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
            moved.
  
      {Gun cotton} (Chem.), a general name for a series of
            explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
            cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
            formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
            results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
            burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
            and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
            Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
            insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
            highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See {Pyroxylin}, and
            cf. {Xyloidin}. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
            somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
            with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
            making collodion. See {Celluloid}, and {Collodion}. Gun
            cotton is frequenty but improperly called nitrocellulose.
            It is not a nitro compound, but an ethereal salt of nitric
            acid.
  
      {Gun deck}. See under {Deck}.
  
      {Gun fire}, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
            is fired.
  
      {Gun metal}, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
            copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
            also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
  
      {Gun port} (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
            cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
  
      {Gun tackle} (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
            side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
            the gun port.
  
      {Gun tackle purchase} (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
            single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
  
      {Krupp gun}, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
            after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
  
      {Machine gun}, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
            mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
            reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
            gun or guns and fired in rapid succession, sometimes in
            volleys, by machinery operated by turning a crank. Several
            hundred shots can be fired in a minute with accurate aim.
            The {Gatling gun}, {Gardner gun}, {Hotchkiss gun}, and
            {Nordenfelt gun}, named for their inventors, and the
            French {mitrailleuse}, are machine guns.
  
      {To blow great guns} (Naut.), to blow a gale. See {Gun}, n.,
            3.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --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 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {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[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --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 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {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[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
            as, after a small space. --Shak.
  
      5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. [bd]A still,
            small voice.[b8] --1 Kings xix. 12.
  
      {Great and small},of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
            of persons. [bd]His quests, great and small.[b8]
            --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 2[frac14]d.
            sterling, or about 4[frac12]cents.
  
      {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[bf]Culloch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. {Smaller}; superl.
      {Smallest}.] [OE. small, AS. sm[91]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ionic \I*on"ic\, n.
      1. (Pros.)
            (a) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long
                  and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in
                  which case it is called the {greater Ionic}; or two
                  short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a
                  spondee, in which case it is called the {smaller
                  Ionic}.
            (b) A verse or meter composed or consisting of Ionic feet.
  
      2. The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic.
  
      3. (Print.) Ionic type.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smeller \Smell"er\, n.
      1. One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one
            who gives out smell.
  
      2. The nose. [Pugilists' Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Smiler \Smil"er\, n.
      One who smiles. --Tennyson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   San Lorenzo, CA (CDP, FIPS 68112)
      Location: 37.67505 N, 122.13011 W
      Population (1990): 19987 (7471 housing units)
      Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 94580
   San Lorenzo, NM
      Zip code(s): 88041

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   San Lorenzo zona, PR (urbana, FIPS 77027)
      Location: 18.19084 N, 65.96639 W
      Population (1990): 8481 (2981 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SMALLWORLD
  
      A trademark of {Smallworldwide
      Plc. (http://www.smallworld.co.uk/)}.
  
      (1999-08-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SmallWorld
  
      An {object-oriented} language.
  
      ["SW 2 - An Object-based Programming Environment", M.R. Laff
      et al, IBM TJWRC, 1985].
  
      (1996-04-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SMALLWORLD
  
      A trademark of {Smallworldwide
      Plc. (http://www.smallworld.co.uk/)}.
  
      (1999-08-26)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   SmallWorld
  
      An {object-oriented} language.
  
      ["SW 2 - An Object-based Programming Environment", M.R. Laff
      et al, IBM TJWRC, 1985].
  
      (1996-04-20)
  
  
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