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Close :: Close (v. t.) Short; as, to cut grass or hair close..

Clumber :: Clumber (n.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently..

Xyris :: Xyris (n.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States..

Deficit :: Deficit (n.) Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

Pudgy :: Pudgy (a.) Short and fat or sturdy; dumpy; podgy; as, a short, pudgy little man; a pudgy little hand..

Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..

Musketoon :: Musketoon (n.) A short musket.

While :: While (n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short; a time; as, one while we thought him innocent..

Punchinello :: Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked..

Novelette :: Novelette (n.) A short novel.

Slow :: Slow (superl.) Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.

Cherup :: Cherup (v. t.) To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup..

Collect :: Collect (v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy..

Pug :: Pug (n.) One of a small breed of pet dogs having a short nose and head; a pug dog.

Antibacchius :: Antibacchius (n.) A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#)..

Epigram :: Epigram (n.) A short poem treating concisely and pointedly of a single thought or event. The modern epigram is so contrived as to surprise the reader with a witticism or ingenious turn of thought, and is often satirical in character..

Perrier :: Perrier (n.) A short mortar used formerly for throwing stone shot.

Pubescence :: Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered..

Space :: Space (n.) A short time; a while.

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