Section M, N, and O

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) The little finger; the
fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or
pes.

Min"ing (?), n. [See Mine,
v. i.] The act or business of making mines or
of working them.

Min"ing, a. Of or pertaining to
mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a
mining region.

Mining engineering. See the Note under
Engineering.

Min"ion (?), n. Minimum.
[Obs.] Burton.

Min"ion, n. [F. mignon, fr. OHG.
minni love, G. minne; akin to E. mind. See
Mind, and cf. Mignonette.]

1. A loved one; one highly esteemed and
favored; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]

God's disciple and his dearest
minion.

Sylvester.

Is this the Athenian minion whom the world

Voiced so regardfully?

Shak.

2. An obsequious or servile dependent or
agent of another; a fawning favorite.

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