1. (n.) Anything very minute; as, the minims of existence; -- applied to animalcula; and the like.

2. (n.) The smallest liquid measure, equal to about one drop; the sixtieth part of a fluid drachm.

3. (n.) A small fish; a minnow.

4. (n.) A little man or being; a dwarf.

5. (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.

6. (n.) A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.

7. (n.) A short poetical encomium.

8. (a.) Minute.

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