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Brief :: Brief (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

Amphibrach :: Amphibrach (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic..

Stenographer :: Stenograph (n.) A production of stenography; anything written in shorthand.

Howitzer :: Howitzer (n.) A short, light, largebore cannon, usually having a chamber of smaller diameter than the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges..

Short :: Short (n.) Short, inferior hemp..

Contract :: Contract (n.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.

Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The process of shortening an operation.

Small :: Small (superl.) Not prolonged in duration; not extended in time; short; as, after a small space..

Sweater :: Sweat (v. i.) A short run by a race horse in exercise.

Vole :: Vole (n.) Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily Arvicolinae. They have a thick head, short ears, and a short hairy tail..

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

Stunned :: Stumpy (a.) Short and thick; stubby.

Monkeytail :: Monkeytail (n.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery..

Alligator :: Alligator (n.) A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the crocodile, and the large teeth of the lower jaw shut into pits in the upper jaw, which has no marginal notches. Besides the common species of the southern United States, there are allied species in South America..

Chock :: Chock (n.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc..

Suffrage :: Suffrage (n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong..

Balk :: Balk (v. i.) To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks..

Haul :: Haul (n.) Transportation by hauling; the distance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul..

Little :: Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep..

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