(a) Little, small; minor; (b) ~ bagge, an office in the Court of Chancery; ~ capitain, a minor military officer in charge of a small detachment of troops; also fig.; ~ custume, an impost on goods taken to a market locally; ~ job, Pety Job or Parce mihi Domine, a poem based on nine short passages from the Book of Job; ~ morel, the black nightshade (Solanum nigrum); ~ pernaunt (pernel, pernol), a sweet pie or pastry containing powdered ginger, currants, and usually dates; ~ sergeaunt, a minor official of the law; ~ wacche, the coast guard; (c) in surnames and street names [see also pete-cure].