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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stunted person; a deformed dwarf.

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  • In Homer's craft Jack Milton thrives;
    Eschylus' pen Will Shakespeare drives;
    Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives
    Horatian fame;
    In thy sweet sang Barbauld, survives
    Even Sappho's flame.

    Robert Burns, Poem on Pastoral Poetry

    September 2, 2014