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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dwarfed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Dwarfing}.]
To hinder from growing to the natural size; to make or keep
small to stunt. --Addison.
Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . .
would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a
spiritual background. --J. C.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwarf \Dwarf\, v. i.
To become small to diminish in size.
Strange power of the world that the moment we enter
it our great conceptions dwarf. --Beaconsfield.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh dwerf, dwarf, AS
dweorg dweorh akin to D. dwerg MHG. twerc, G. zwerg Icel.
dvergr, Sw & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of
its species or kind especially, a diminutive human being
Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
the favor of courts and the nobility.
Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
below the usual or normal size; as dwarf tree; dwarf
honeysuckle.
{Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort.
{Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dwarf
adj : atypically small "dwarf tree"; "dwarf star" [syn: {dwarfish}]
n 1: a person who is abnormally small [syn: {midget}]
2: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the
depths of the earth and guards buried treasure [syn: {gnome}]
v : cast a shadow [syn: {shadow}, {overshadow}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dwarf
a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).
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