Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dwarfs"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dwarf \Dwarf\, n.; pl. {Dwarfs}. [OE. dwergh, dwerf, dwarf, AS.
dweorg, dweorh; akin to D. dwerg, MHG. twerc, G. zwerg, Icel.
dvergr, Sw. & Dan. dverg; of unknown origin.]
An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of
its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.
Note: During the Middle Ages dwarfs as well as fools shared
the favor of courts and the nobility.
Note: Dwarf is used adjectively in reference to anything much
below the usual or normal size; as, dwarf tree; dwarf
honeysuckle.
{Dwarf elder} (Bot.), danewort.
{Dwarf wall} (Arch.), a low wall, not as high as the story of
a building, often used as a garden wall or fence. --Gwilt.
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