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    Few , a. [Compar. Fewer ; superl. Fewest.] [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fāh, OHG. fao, Icel. fār, Sw. , pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. παῦρος. Cf. Paucity.] Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. “Are not my days few?”
    Job x. 20.

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    Few know and fewer care.
    Proverb.

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    Few is often used partitively; as, few of them.

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    A few, a small number. -- In few, in a few words; briefly.

    Shak.

    -- No few, not few; more than a few; many.

    Cowper.

    -- The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.

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