a.
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal. →
a.
Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse of less size or value; in less time than before. →
Any one of several small sandpipers and plovers, as the ringed plover, the turnstone, the dunlin, and the sanderling. →
n.
The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church. →