Question for our time(s)

[Aodhan Ite an Fhithich]

Dia duit!

 [Replying to a message of Ysoulde at aol.com to All]

 Y> Our small as in child.......where does small refer to undergarments?

>From the Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (the only definition of
"small" as a noun therein):

small n 1: a part smaller and esp. narrower than the remainder <the ~ of the
back>  2 a pl: small-sized products  b pl, Brit: SMALLCLOTHES 1

and

small.clothes n pl 1: close-fitting knee breeches worn in the 18th century  2:
small articles of clothing (as underclothing)

This latter usage is the one most recognized by those with late period
personas.

Might I suggest instead a perfectly *period* (Anglo-Saxon) term for a child: 
child.

Feicfidh me' ari's thu',

Aodhan
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