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A small gudgeon.

GUDGEON
A small European freshwater fish , allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. 2. What may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with
SMALLISH
Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
SMALLCLOTHES
A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.
SMALLPOX
A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick
SMALL
sm$l; akin to D. smal narrow, OS. & OHG. smal small, G. schmal narrow, Dan. & Sw. smal, Goth. smals small, Icel. smali smal cattle, sheep, or goats; cf. Gr. 1. Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity
SMALLAGE
A biennial umbelliferous plant native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.
SMALLY
In a small quantity or degree; with minuteness. Ascham.
SMALLNESS
The quality or state of being small.
SMALLS
See 3
SMALLSWORD
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
DISMALLY
In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
ABYSMALLY
To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.
SEA GUDGEON
The European black goby .
BAPTISMALLY
In a baptismal manner.