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1 definition found 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.
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