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Zamouse :: Zamouse (n.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow..

Squab-chick :: Squabby (a.) Short and thick; suqabbish.

Demisemiquaver :: Demisemiquaver (n.) A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note..

Bristle :: Bristle (n.) A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine..

Crispy :: Crispy (a.) Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks..

Punch :: Punch (n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick..

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

Breviped :: Breviped (a.) Having short legs.

Crop :: Crop (n.) Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop..

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.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel..

Podgy :: Podgy (a.) Fat and short; pudgy.

Colt :: Colt (n.) A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy.

Ashlering :: Ashlering (n.) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets. See Ashlar, 2..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..

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

Fubsy :: Fubsy (a.) Plump; chubby; short and stuffy; as a fubsy sofa.

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A short throw; a toss.

Dash :: Dash (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner..

Bugle :: Bugle (n.) A copper instrument of the horn quality of tone, shorter and more conical that the trumpet, sometimes keyed; formerly much used in military bands, very rarely in the orchestra; now superseded by the cornet; -- called also the Kent bugle..

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