petit

a. small, little; short; mean, low; petty; weak. —adv. little. —m. little; little one; young (of animals). en —, on a small scale; in miniature. — ad —, little by little. — autel. flue bridge (in a reverberatory furnace). —card a mome, cardamom (Llettaria card amomum or its seed). — chevat (Mach.) donkey engine, donkey. — chéne, wall germander (Tewcrium chamedrys). petite biére, small beer, weak beer. petite eau, petites eaux, weak solution, weak liquor. petite vite e, small velocity; low speed; (Railways) freight, dispatch by goods train, slow dispatch. — feu, (Ceram.) slow heating (following the expulsion of moisture) up to about 600°. —gamin, (Gla , etc.) boy, a istant, apprentice. — métal, minor metal. — nard, wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaul is). — nom, given name, Christian name, first name. petits blés, oats and barley. — teint, fugitive dye or color; fugitive. un — peu, a very little, a little. petit-cheval, m. (Mach.) donkey engine, donkey. petit-deux, m. sugar loaf weighing a kilogram.