[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

few \few\ f=u, a. compar. fewer f=u"~er; superl.
   fewest. oe. fewe, feawe, as. fe'a, pl. fe'awe; akin
   to os. f=ah, ohg. f=o fao, icel. f=ar, sw. fa, pl.,
   dan. faa, pl., goth. faus, l. paucus, cf. gr. pay^ros. cf.
   paucity.
   not many; small, limited, or confined in number; --
   indicating a small portion of units or individuals
   constituting a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few
   people. "are not my days few?" --job x. 20.
   1913 webster

         few know and fewer care.                 --proverb.
   1913 webster

   note: few is often used partitively; as, few of them.
         1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
fewer fewest paucity a few in few no few 
the few 

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A Few, definition of term: A Few
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