minious (mini us)

[ They hold the sea receiveth a red and minious tincture from springs, wells, and currents, that fall into it. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., vi. 9. minish (min'ish), v. [ The faithful are minished from among the children of Book of Common Prayer , Psalter, xii. 1. men. The living of poor men [was] thereby minished and taken away. Latimer , 1st Sermon bef. Edw. VI., 1549. Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. Ex. v. 19. II. in trans. To become le ; grow fewer or smaller. As the Waspe souketh honie fro the bee, So min is heth our commoditee. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 194. The very considerable minishing of the more experienced debaters on the Liberal side. Saturday Rev., LXI. 67. [Obsolete or archaic in both uses.]