A small part, portion, or division of a whole. In early use also: †a part or organ of the body (obsolete). Now rare except as merging into sense 1a.

A small number, amount, or portion of anything; a small or sparing allowance, share, or allotment; a small proportion of a whole.

†A part of a larger whole; a small or lesser share, portion, or quantity (obsolete); a small amount. Now rare.

A small part, corner, section, or division.

A small piece, fragment, or sample of anything; a feature, a detail, esp. of a building, painting, etc.

figurative. A (small) portion or part of something; a fraction. Obsolete.

A tenth part (of anything); = tenth, n. 1. Now chiefly hyperbolically: a very small part.

The French preposition de, used as a prefix of nobility in personal names.