Fevillea (fevilea)

Same as Feuillea. few (fù), a. and pron. or n. [Early mod. E. also fewe, 2196 partly conform to those of little and many.] I. a. Not many; a small number; only a small number. That the fewe word [pl.) that we on ure bede (bead, prayer] seien be cut he alle halegen [known to all saints]. Old Eng . Homilies (ed. Morris), 11. 119. Ther is lad is [men] now in lond fulle foe That wold haue seruut [served] hor [their] lord soe. Sir Amadace , st. 70 (Three Early Eng. Metr. Rom., [ed. Robson). Fone men may now fourty yhere pas, And foner fifty. Hampole , Prick of Conscience, 1. 764. Emerson, Society and Solitude. Few substances are found pure in nature. IMG:content-1261.png:[blocks in formation] But for the miracle, I mean our preservation, few in millions Can speak like us. Shak., Tempest, ii. 1. Few there are who have either had, or could have, such a lo ; and yet fewer who carried their love and constancy beyond the grave. Dryden, Eleonora, Pref. Few, few shall part, where many meet! Campbell, Hohenlinden. 2. A small number; a minority: in this sense preceded by the article a (originally in the plural) or the, with or without a noun following, the noun, if used, expre ing the whole of which the few are taken, and being in the partitive genitive, with or without the preposition of: as, a few, or a few members, or a few of the members, di ented. Her ze mowe yse [see] that an veve thoru synne of lechMowe bynyme grace of God al a compaynye. erve Robert of Gloucester , p. 405. The Cane [khan] rood with a fewe meynee [ many2 , attendants). Mandeville , Travels, p. 226. us. We are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold Jer. xlii. 2. A grateful few shall love thy modest lay Long as the thrush shall pipe on Grongar Hill! Words worth, Sonnets, i. 17. 3. A small quantity or portion; a little: followed by a noun (without of ) in a construction lete or local.] similar to def. 2 and to that of little, n. [Obso At ten of the clocke they go to dynner, whereas they be yng a fewe porage made of the brothe of the same byefe, contente with a pen ye pyece of byefe among est ifii, hau wyth salte and otemell, and nothynge els. ridge in. T. Lever, quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 486. Here's a rahm. It's weel enengh to ate a few porE. Brontë , Wuthering Heights, xiii. A few. (a) See II., 2. (b) See II., 3. (c) Adv . phr. Somewhat; to some slight extent: often used ironically for a good deal . [Colloq. or low.] I trembled a few , for I thought ten to one but he'd say "He? Not he, I promise you. Mme. D'Arblay , Diary, I. 28. A good few, a good many; a considerable number: a cautious phrase expanded by use into a meaning nearly the opposite. Compare quite a few. Wright [Prov. Eng.] - In fewt, in a few words; briefly; in brief. No compliment, I pray; but to the case I hang upon, which, in few , is my honour. Beau , and Fl . , King and No King, iv. 3. The night grows on, and you are for your meeting; I'll therefore end in few . B. Jonson , Cat i line, iii. 3. Quite a few, a good many; a considerable number: same as a good few . [Prov., U. S. (New Jersey, etc.).] - The few, the minority; a small number of persons or things separated or discriminated from the multitude: as, a measure calculated to benefit the few at the expense of the many. The India House was a lottery-office, which invited everybody to take a chance, and held out ducal fortunes as the prize destined for the lucky few . Macaulay , Lord Clive.