Small \Small\, adv.

1. In or to small extent, quantity, or degree; little; slightly. [Obs.]

``I wept but small.'' --Chaucer. ``It small avails my mood.'' --Shak.

2. Not loudly; faintly; timidly. [Obs. or Humorous]

You may speak as small as you will. --Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Small \Small\, n.

1. The small or slender part of a thing; as, the small of the leg or of the back.

2. pl. Smallclothes. [Colloq.]

--Hood. Dickens.

3. pl. Same as Little go. See under Little, a.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Small \Small\, v. t. To make little or less. [Obs.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Small \Small\ (sm[add]l), a. [Compar. Smaller; superl. Smallest.]

[OE. small, AS. sm[ae]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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)