Definition of slight

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Slight (v. t.) To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to make light of; as, to slight the divine commands..

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Gaslight :: Gaslight (n.) A gas jet or burner.
Excipient :: Excipient (n.) An inert or slightly active substance used in preparing remedies as a vehicle or medium of administration for the medicinal agents.
Eh :: Eh (interj.) An expression of inquiry or slight surprise.
Snowshoe :: Snowshoe (n.) A slight frame of wood three or four feet long and about one third as wide, with thongs or cords stretched across it, and having a support and holder for the foot; -- used by persons for walking on soft snow..
Rocking-stone :: Rocking-stone (n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force..
Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.
Twitter :: Twitter (n.) A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves.
Slim :: Slim (superl.) Weak; slight; unsubstantial; poor; as, a slim argument..
Subulate :: Subtypical (a.) Deviating somewhat from the type of a species, genus, or other group; slightly aberrant..
Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions..
Faintish :: Faintish (a.) Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
Murrayin :: Murrayin (n.) A glucoside found in the flowers of a plant (Murraya exotica) of South Asia, and extracted as a white amorphous slightly bitter substance..
Vanity :: Vanity (n.) An inflation of mind upon slight grounds; empty pride inspired by an overweening conceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes..
Entasis :: Entasis (n.) A slight convex swelling of the shaft of a column.
Micr- :: Micr- () Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm, microscope..
Beak :: Beak (n.) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To enter slightly or cursorily; to engage one's self desultorily or by the way; to partake limitedly; -- followed by in or into.
Acidulous :: Acidulous (a.) Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish; as, an acidulous tincture..
Tiff :: Tiff (n.) A fit of anger or peevishness; a slight altercation or contention. See Tift.
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