Min"i*a*ture, a. Being on a small scale; much reduced from the reality;
as, a miniature copy.
Min"i*a*ture, v. t. To represent or depict in a small compass, or on a
small scale.
Min"i*a*tur`ist (?), n. A painter of miniatures.
Min"i*bus (?), n. [L. minor less + -bus, as in omnibus.] A kind of
light passenger vehicle, carrying four persons.
Min"ie ball` (?). [From the inventor, Captain Minié, of France.] A
conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of
iron, which, by the explosion of the charge, is driven farther in,
expanding the sides to fit closely the grooves of the barrel.
Min"ie ri"fle (?). A rifle adapted to minie balls.
Min"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Minified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Minifying (?).] [L. minor less + -fly.]
1. To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of;
to lessen.