Min"ious (?), a. [L. minium red lead.] Of the color of red or
vermilion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Min"ish (?), v. t. [OE. menusen, F. menuiser to make small, cut small,
fr. (assumed) LL. minutiare, for minutare, fr. L. minutus small. See
Minute, a., and cf. Diminish, Minge.] To diminish; to lessen.
The living of poor men thereby minished.
Latimer.
Min"ish*ment (?), n. The act of diminishing, or the state of being
diminished; diminution. [Obs.]
Min"is*ter (?), n. [OE. ministre, F. ministre, fr. L. minister, orig. a
double comparative from the root of minor less, and hence meaning, an
inferior, a servant. See 1st Minor, and cf. Master, Minstrel.]
1. A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank;
hence, an agent, an instrument.
Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua.
Ex. xxiv. 13.