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Water Chevrotain :: Water chevrotain () A large West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus). It has a larger body and shorter legs than the other allied species. Called also water deerlet.

Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..

Motive :: Motive (n.) The theme or subject; a leading phrase or passage which is reproduced and varied through the course of a comor a movement; a short figure, or melodic germ, out of which a whole movement is develpoed. See also Leading motive, under Leading..

Shortened / :: Shortened / (imp. & p. p.) of Shorte.

Improvvisatore :: Improvvisatore (n.) One who composes and sings or recites rhymes and short poems extemporaneously.

Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..

Turbit :: Turbit (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon, remarkable for its short beak..

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To regulate the sounds of, as musical strings, by pressing them against the finger board with the finger, or by shortening in any way the vibrating part..

Breve :: Breve (n.) A curved mark [/] used commonly to indicate the short quantity of a vowel.

Vow :: Vow (n.) A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, for a longer or shorter time, to some act, service, or condition; a devotion of one's possessions; as, a baptismal vow; a vow of poverty..

Pulse :: Pulse (n.) Any measured or regular beat; any short, quick motion, regularly repeated, as of a medium in the transmission of light, sound, etc.; oscillation; vibration; pulsation; impulse; beat; movement..

Gipoun :: Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.

Blear-eyed :: Blear-eyed (a.) Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot..

Setula :: Setula (n.) A small, short hair or bristle; a small seta..

Logography :: Logography (n.) A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words..

Hauberk :: Hauberk (v. t.) A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon..

Ideography :: Ideography (n.) The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc..

Dyspnoic :: Dyspnoic (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspnoea.

Supplemented :: Supplement (v. t.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180¡; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle..

Shortening :: Shortening (n.) The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

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