Min"iard*ize (?), v. t. To render delicate or dainty. [Obs.] Howell.
Min"i*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Miniating (?).] [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.] To paint
or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or
the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
Min"i*ate (?), a. Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or
vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Min"i*a*ture (?; 277), n. [It. miniatura, fr. L. miniare. See Miniate,
v.,Minium.]
1. Originally, a painting in colors such as those in mediæval
manuscripts; in modern times, any very small painting, especially a
portrait.