מְעַט I, Pa. מַעֵט same, to reduce; to exclude. Yoma 74ᵃ למַעוּטֵי מאי … למַ׳ וכ׳ this ‘none but’ is to exclude what (whom)?… It excludes the king; Shebu. 31ᵃ Ms. M. (ed. לאפוקי); a. fr.