Defn: Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; — indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number. — In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. - No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. - The few, the minority; — opposed to the many or the majority.
FEWEL
Fe"wel, n. Etym: [See Fuel.]
Defn: Fuel. [Obs.] Hooker.
FEWMET
Few"met, n.
Defn: See Fumet. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
FEWNESS
Few"ness, n.
1. The state of being few; smallness of number; paucity. Shak.
2. Brevity; conciseness. [Obs.] Shak.
FEY
Fey, a. Etym: [AS. f, Icel. feigr, OHG. feigi.]