figurative and in figurative contexts, esp. with reference to the finger as a means of touching or grasping, or of indicating by pointing.

A small piece, morsel.

Any small, rounded object resembling a seed; a small piece or bit of something. See also seed coral n. at compounds 3, seed ore n. at compounds 3…

A bite or mouthful; a small piece of food, esp. of a specified kind.

A fragment, a small piece.

transferred. A very small piece of anything. Obsolete.

Chiefly with of. A small piece, amount, or quantity of something; a discrete portion, a drop, a bit. Also figurative with abstract nouns, as spot of b…

A small piece, a bit.

A small piece, morsel, crumb.

A morsel, a very small bit.

A small portion, a fragment, a scrap.

With of. An amount or quantity of a material or substance, or of something immaterial.

A scrap of food; a morsel. Obsolete.

A minute exfoliated piece of something, a scale, flattish fragment; †a splinter (of wood). In the first quot. apparently figurative, a ‘bit’…

A small scrap, piece, or remnant of something; a snippet, an extract.

A small remnant, fragment, piece, atom, or amount, of something.

A portion of time or space. a piece, slightly, a bit, to some degree. rare.

A small piece, part, spot, etc., of something; a (glittering) particle.

transferred and figurative. Applied to material things: †(a) A small piece or fragment; (b) A person of small stature.

The action of nibble, v. (in various senses); an instance of this. Also: a portion nibbled or removed, a very small amount.

A small or scanty portion or amount, a modicum (of things material or immaterial).

A small portion or part of anything.

The action of grinding or cutting up into very small pieces; (concrete) a small shred or piece (of meat, etc.).

A small piece or portion, a scantling.

A small fragment, bit, or piece. Obs.

A piece or part of a whole; a fragment, a fraction. Obsolete. rare.

A small portion, esp. one pinched off from something; a fragment, a little bit, a snippet. Now chiefly colloquial.

Apparently the dialect word canch (see Eng. Dial. Dict. s.v., and kench, n.1) ‘slice, small addition, pile’, used for the sake of a rhyme.

A small piece formed by cutting, breaking, or other process; a morsel, a fragment.

A fragment or small portion of something, esp. song, speech, or writing; a scrap, a snatch.

With of. A small piece or scrap of paper, usually with writing on it. Occasionally more generally: a small piece or amount of something. Now rare…

A small piece or portion; a scrap, fragment, or morsel. In emphatic use, as not a snap, every snap. Now dialect.

transferred. A small piece of something; a mere fragment.

A little crumb.

A disk, small piece. Now only dialect, a small patch of leather on the sole of a boot or shoe; also, a metal heel- or toe-plate. (See Eng. Dial. Dict.…

A limited quantity, small portion.

A scrap, fragment.

A small cantle, a fragment.

transferred. A small piece of some substance, e.g. of sod or turf.

A small piece or pellet of solder.

As a count noun: a small part or detail.

English regional (midlands and East Anglian). A small piece of something, e.g. a lump of coal, or a bit of bread cut or torn from a loaf.

In various transferred and allusive senses. A thin, narrow, filmy, or slight piece, fragment, or portion (of something); a mere shred or ‘slip’ of.