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DWARF, n.

1. A general name for an animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of the species or kind. A man that never grows beyond two or three feet in highth, is a dwarf. This word when used alone usually refers to the human species, but sometimes to other animals. When it is applied to plants, it is more generally used in composition as a dwarf-tree dwarf-elder.
2. An attendant on a lady or knight in romances.

DWARF, To hinder from growing to the natural size to lessen to make or keep small.

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Entry for 'Dwarf'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/dwarf.html.
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