Definition of slight

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Slight (v. t.) To make even or level.

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Bornite :: Bornite (n.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface..
Upher :: Upher (n.) A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and sometimes for slight and common roofs, for which use it is split..
Pulp :: Pulp (n.) A moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved animal or vegetable matter..
Falter :: Falter (v. i.) Hesitation; trembling; feebleness; an uncertain or broken sound; as, a slight falter in her voice..
Terete :: Terete (a.) Cylindrical and slightly tapering; columnar, as some stems of plants..
Drowse :: Drowse (n.) A slight or imperfect sleep; a doze.
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk..
Credulity :: Credulity (n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Dugout :: Dugout (n.) A house made partly in a hillside or slighter elevation.
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Slightful :: Slightful (a.) See Sleightful.
Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..
Slight :: Slight (v. t.) To make even or level.
High :: High (superl.) Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.
Lightly :: Lightly (adv.) In a small degree; slightly; not severely.
Brown :: Brown (v. t.) To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or flour..
Click :: Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol..
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