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Definition of Small letter

1. Noun. The characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Letter

Literary usage of Small letter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canon and Text of the New Testament by Caspar René Gregory (1907)
"small letter GREEK MANUSCRIPTS. THE ninth century probably saw the first ... This problem was happily solved in the small letter writing, the minuscule. ..."

2. Canon and Text of the New Testament by Caspar René Gregory (1907)
"small letter GREEK MANUSCRIPTS. THE ninth century probably saw the first ... This problem was happily solved in the small letter writing, the minuscule. ..."

3. Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses (1988)
"A dash is used to indicate the absence of each small letter between the index fingers and another small letter or between two small letters, ..."

4. Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples by Frank Chouteau Brown (1902)
"MODERN GERMAN CAPITALS AFTER OTTO ECKMANN Another noticeable tendency in modern lettering seems to be the gradual promotion of small letter forms to the ..."

5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"For the specific names, there is also unanimity if they are common nouns or adjectives,—a small letter is used. Should proper nouns and adjectives be ..."

6. Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the by James Townley (1856)
"... which had been inserted in the Great Bible in a small letter, were all omitted, particularly the three verses added to Psalm xiv ; and 1 John v, 7, ..."

7. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, Chicago, American Technical Society (1909)
"An instance of the use of the small letter shown in a complete alphabet in Fig. ... for working drawings, the small letter ia used a great deal. ..."

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