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    Paucity , n. [L. paucitas, fr. paucus few, little: cf. F. paucité See Few.]
    1. Fewness; smallness of number; scarcity; rarity.
      Hooker.

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      Revelation denies it by the stern reserve, the paucity, and the incompleteness, of its communications.
      I. Taylor.

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    2. Smallness of quantity; exiguity; insufficiency; as, paucity of blood.
      Sir T. Browne.

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