lug(1) (iou) and minor(1) (iou)

lug(1) (iou)

lug noun3.Only in M16.
[Cf. LUG verb, Low German lug, Dutch log slow, heavy, LOG noun1.]
A heavy clumsy thing.
? Perh. surviving in FUSTILUGS.

minor adjective & noun. ME.
[Latin, compar. of parvus small, rel. to minuere lessen. Of Franciscan friars from Old French menour in freres menours lit. 'lesser brothers', medieval Latin fratres minores.]
A. adjective.
Lesser; designating or pertaining to the lesser or relatively lesser of or of two things, classes, etc.; opp. major. Also, comparatively unimportant or insignificant; (of an operation) relatively simple or small scale. In earliest use (Minor), designating a Franciscan friar. ME.
D. Carnegie He praised my work, assured me that he only wanted a minor change. F. Astaire Harriet had a prominent role, but..Betty and Lucille were still playing minor parts.
b. Designating the younger of two pupils with the same surname or the second to enter a school. (Appended to a surname and used esp. in public schools.) Cf. MINIMUS adjective. L18.
Of less than full age; below the age of majority. Now rare. L15.
Logic. (Of a term) functioning as the subject of the conclusion in a syllogism; (of a premiss) containing the minor term of a syllogism. L16.
That constitutes the minority. M17.
Music. (Of an interval) smaller by a semitone than the correlative major interval; (of a scale) with semitones above the second, fifth, and seventh notes; (of a key) based on a minor scale, tending to produce a melancholy effect. L17.
b. noun.
(Minor.) ellipt. A Franciscan friar. ME.
Logic. A minor term or premiss. LME.
A person who has not yet attained his or her majority. Cf. INFANT noun1 2. E17.
L. Duncan We're minors, aren't we? Not one of us is eighteen yet.
A minor interval, key, scale, etc. (Music); a minor theatre, a minor work; a minor company or organization. L18.
Any of various noctuid moths chiefly of the genus Oligia. Usu. with specifying word. M19.
In a university etc.: (a qualification in) a subject or course secondary to one's main subject or course. L19.
Bridge. (A card in) a minor suit. E20.
Special collocations & phrases: harmonic minor: see HARMONIC adjective. in a minor key (of a novel, life, etc.) understated, uneventful. MELODIC minor. minor axis Geometry the axis of an ellipse which passes through the centre at right angles to the major axis. minor canon: see CANON noun2 2. minor determinant Math. a determinant whose matrix is formed from that of another determinant by deleting one or more rows and columns. minor league N. Amer. a league of professional clubs in Baseball, Football, etc., Other than the major leagues. minor orders Christian Church the degrees of the ordained ministry below those of bishop, priest, deacon, and (formerly, in the West) subdeacon. minor piece Chess a knight, a bishop. minor planet: see PLANET noun1. Minor Prophet: see PROPHET. minor suit Bridge the suit of diamonds or clubs. minor TRANQUILLIZER. quint minor: see QUINT noun2. TERES minor. tierce minor: see TIERCE noun1 4. tonic minor: see TONIC adjective 4. URSA Minor. VARIOLA minor.

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