minim
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What they meant was that Meredith Willson, 63, was a missed minim who didn't belong on the council.
From Time Magazine Archive
A little girl of 3 years, bitten by a tiger snake, receives three minim injections every half-hour, and after three of them, whilst in a state of complete coma, gets convulsions.
From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by Mueller, A.
But Nym has 'a minim rest,' and during that short respite takes advantage of the absorbing occupations of the other three 'singers' to lay hands on whatever portable property is within his reach.
From Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries by Naylor, Edward W. (Edward Woodall)
I repeated the operation in exactly the same manner, and now the drops averaged 1/23.5 of a minim.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Digitalis, minim xv; Syrupi fl. drachm v; Aqu� fl oz. ii. M.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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