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Minute gun, a discharge of a cannon repeated
every minute as a sign of distress or mourning. --
Minute hand, the long hand of a watch or clock,
which makes the circuit of the dial in an hour, and marks the
minutes.

Min"ute, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Minuted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Minuting.] To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot
down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

The Empress of Russia, with her own hand,
minuted an edict for universal tolerance.

Bancroft.

Mi*nute" (?), a. [L. minutus, p.
p. of minuere to lessen. See Minish, Minor, and
cf. Menu, Minuet.]

1. Very small; little; tiny; fine; slight;
slender; inconsiderable. "Minute drops."
Milton.

2. Attentive to small things; paying
attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a
minute observer; minute observation.

Syn. -- Little; diminutive; fine; critical; exact;
circumstantial; particular; detailed.

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