PARTICLE
ADJECTIVES
► QUAIRNY in small particles → 1882 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► ABLACH a particle, a bit, a fragment → 1825 Sc.
► ACE a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom → 1528
► ATOMY a small portion; a particle of anything previously of larger bulk → 1876 Eng. dial.
► CROT a particle, bit, atom, individual piece → c1330 obs.
► DAW an atom. a jot, a particle → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► DUSTLING a small grain or particle → 1674 obs.
► GROMMET a small particle, a little bit → 1941 Amer. dial.
► GROT a fragment, particle, atom → 888 obs.
► MOIT a small or minute particle → 1905 Eng. dial.
► NEEDLE an object of trifling importance or value; hence, a particle → a1225 obs.
► NIRT a fragment, a morsel, a particle → 1866 Sc.
► PARCEL a part, portion, or division of anything considered separately, as a unit; a small part, a particle → c1368 arch.
► POP a minute quantity of a substance; a speck, a dot, a particle, a drop → 1868 Sc.
► PRICK a minute part, particle, or quantity of something; a jot → a1000 obs.
► PRICKLE a small mark or written character; an iota; a minute fraction, part, or particle → a1000 obs.
► QUERN a small particle → 1882 Eng. dial.
► SCARR a small quantity; a morsel; a particle → 1896 Sc.
► SCORRICK a fragment; the least particle → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCORRIL the least particle → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCOW a fragment, a bit, pieces, smithereens, shattered particles → 1882 Sc.
► SCRIDDICK ► SKIRDICK ► SKRIDDICK an atom, a particle; the smallest coin → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SKORRICK a fragment; the least particle → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SMIGGOT a particle, an atom → 1823 Eng. dial.
► TARE a very small particle; a whit, a jot, an atom → c1386 obs.
► THRUM a particle, an atom → 1872 Sc.
► UIRS small particles or remnants, frequently used of small potatoes → 1929 Sc.
► VEEZABLE the least little thing, the smallest particle; ‘visible thing’ → 1836 Sc. obs.
► VIDIMENT something insignificant; the smallest particle → 1842 Sc.
► YIM a particle; an atom; the smallest portion of anything → 1824 Sc.
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