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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..

Nipple :: Nipple (n.) A pipe fitting, consisting of a short piece of pipe, usually provided with a screw thread at each end, for connecting two other fittings..

Konze :: Konze (n.) A large African antelope (Alcelaphus Lichtensteini), allied to the hartbeest, but having shorter and flatter horns, and lacking a black patch on the face..

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A fit or turn; a short paroxysm; a caprice.

Baselard :: Baselard (n.) A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century..

Shortcake :: Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked..

Trice :: Trice (n.) A very short time; an instant; a moment; -- now used only in the phrase in a trice.

Short-dated :: Short-dated (a.) Having little time to run from the date.

Limbed :: Limbed (a.) Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed..

Deficiency :: Deficiency (n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

Notary :: Notary (n.) One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body..

Scapple :: Scapple (v. t.) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone..

Ae :: Ae () A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally replaced by a, the long / by e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E..

Spur :: Spur (n.) An implement secured to the heel, or above the heel, of a horseman, to urge the horse by its pressure. Modern spurs have a small wheel, or rowel, with short points. Spurs were the badge of knighthood..

Aphoristical :: Aphoristical (a.) In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style..

Short-breathed :: Short-breathed (a.) Having short life.

Short-wited :: Short-wited (a.) Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

Hatchet :: Hatchet (n.) A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand..

Brief :: Brief (a.) Short in duration.

Short-breathed :: Short-breathed (a.) Having short-breath, or quick respiration..

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