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small hours
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small hours,
Small hours
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Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. Smaller
(sm[add]l"[~e]r); superl. Smallest.] [OE. small, AS. smael;
akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal
narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali small
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.
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To compare
Great things with small. --Milton.
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2. Being of slight consequence; feeble in influence or
importance; unimportant; trivial; insignificant; as, a
small fault; a small business.
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3. Envincing little worth or ability; not large-minded; --
sometimes, in reproach, paltry; mean.
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A true delineation of the smallest man is capable of
interesting the greatest man. --Carlyle.
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4. Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short;
as, after a small space. --Shak.
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5. Weak; slender; fine; gentle; soft; not loud. "A still,
small voice." --1 Kings xix. 12.
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Great and small,of all ranks or degrees; -- used especially
of persons. "His quests, great and small." --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 21/4d. sterling, or
about 41/2cents.

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`Culloch.
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small hours
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small hours
n 1: the hours just after midnight
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small hours
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small hours,
The small hours
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Hour \Hour\, n. [OE. hour, our, hore, ure, OF. hore, ore, ure,
F. heure, L. hora, fr. Gr. ?, orig., a definite space of
time, fixed by natural laws; hence, a season, the time of the
day, an hour. See Year, and cf. Horologe, Horoscope.]
1. The twenty-fourth part of a day; sixty minutes.
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2. The time of the day, as expressed in hours and minutes,
and indicated by a timepiece; as, what is the hour? At
what hour shall we meet?
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3. Fixed or appointed time; conjuncture; a particular time or
occasion; as, the hour of greatest peril; the man for the
hour.
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Woman, . . . mine hour is not yet come. --John ii.
4.
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This is your hour, and the power of darkness. --Luke
xxii. 53.
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4. pl. (R. C. Ch.) Certain prayers to be repeated at stated
times of the day, as matins and vespers.
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5. A measure of distance traveled.
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Vilvoorden, three hours from Brussels. --J. P.
Peters.
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After hours, after the time appointed for one's regular
labor.

Canonical hours. See under Canonical.

Hour angle (Astron.), the angle between the hour circle
passing through a given body, and the meridian of a place.


Hour circle. (Astron.)
(a) Any circle of the sphere passing through the two poles
of the equator; esp., one of the circles drawn on an
artificial globe through the poles, and dividing the
equator into spaces of 15[deg], or one hour, each.
(b) A circle upon an equatorial telescope lying parallel
to the plane of the earth's equator, and graduated in
hours and subdivisions of hours of right ascension.
(c) A small brass circle attached to the north pole of an
artificial globe, and divided into twenty-four parts
or hours. It is used to mark differences of time in
working problems on the globe.

Hour hand, the hand or index which shows the hour on a
timepiece.

Hour line.
(a) (Astron.) A line indicating the hour.
(b) (Dialing) A line on which the shadow falls at a given
hour; the intersection of an hour circle which the
face of the dial.

Hour plate, the plate of a timepiece on which the hours are
marked; the dial. --Locke.

Sidereal hour, the twenty-fourth part of a sidereal day.

Solar hour, the twenty-fourth part of a solar day.

The small hours, the early hours of the morning, as one
o'clock, two o'clock, etc.

To keep good hours, to be regular in going to bed early.
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small hours
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small hours
n 1: the hours just after midnight

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