2. A timeserver; an inconstant person. Shak.

Mi*nute"ly (?), adv. [From 4th Minute.] In a minute manner; with

minuteness; exactly; nicely.

Min"ute*ly (?), a. [From 1st Minute.] Happening every minute;

continuing; unceasing. [Obs.]

Throwing themselves absolutely upon God's minutely providence.

Hammond.

Min"ute*ly, adv. At intervals of a minute; very often and regularly. J.

Philips.

Minutely proclaimed in thunder from heaven.

Hammond.

Min"ute*man (?), n.; pl. Minutemen (&?;). A militiaman who was to be

ready to march at a moment's notice; -- a term used in the American

Revolution.

Mi*nute"ness (?), n. The quality of being minute.

||Mi*nu"ti*a, n.; pl. Minutiæ (-). [L., fr. minutus small, minute. See

||4th Minute.] A minute particular; a small or minor detail; -- used

||chiefly in the plural.

Minx (?), n. [Prob. of Low German origin; cf. LG. minsk wench, jade,

hussy, D. mensch; prop. the same word as D. & G. mensch man, human

being, OHG. mennisco, AS. mennisc, fr. man. See Man.]

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