Sentence:  Had the situation been reversed , had , for instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New England , there is <WSD>little</WSD> doubt that large numbers of Southerners would have happily put on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some