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''Chiefly used with (lg)s'': less than all others in extent or size; littlest, smallest.

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(RQ:John Heywood Proverbs)
(RQ:Sterne Sentimental Journey), tovvards the theatre, 'tis lighted by a ſmall candle, the light of vvhich is almoſt loſt before you get half-vvay dovvn, but near the door—'tis more for ornament than uſe: you ſee it as a fix'd ſtar of the leaſt magnitude; it burns—but does little good to the vvorld, that vve knovv of.
(RQ:Ruskin Eagle's Nest)
Of two or more animals or plants with the same name: the smaller or smallest.
(RQ:Gerard Herball)
Lowest in importance or status; most insignificant or unimportant.
(RQ:De Mornay Sidney Golding Trewnesse)
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3 Q1)
(RQ:King James Version)
(RQ:Jonson Catiline His Conspiracy) / Shall vvalke at pleaſure, in the tents of reſt; (..)
(RQ:Robert Browning Dramatis Personae)
''Followed by an (lg)'': of a person: who does some action to the smallest degree.
(senseid) Smallest in amount or extent.
(RQ:Dryden Aeneis)
(RQ:Sterne Sentimental Journey), vvhich ſeemed to be the leaſt—She held it open—my hand ſlipp'd into it at once— (..)
(quote-book)
(RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients)
(quote-journal)
(quote-text)
(senseid) ''Followed by a (lg) (lg)'': the smallest number of; the fewest.
Any, matter how small in amount or extent.

(coi)

(RQ:Brome Northern Lasse)
(RQ:Milton Paradise Lost)
(RQ:Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress)
(RQ:Dampier Voyages)
(RQ:Dickens Christmas Carol)
(RQ:Jefferies Bevis)
In a degree below all others; in the lowest or smallest degree.
(non-gloss).
''Preceded by'' the: (en-superlative of); the lowest-ranking or most insignificant person or group of people.
Something of the smallest possible extent; an indivisible unit; a minimum.
''Chiefly preceded by'' the: (en-superlative of); the smallest amount or extent of something.
least|At least.
(RQ:Twain Tom Sawyer)
(infl of)