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Apocopation :: Apocopation (n.) Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Sobbing :: Sobbing (n.) A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head..

Abbreviate :: Abbreviate (a.) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Silage :: Silage (n. & v.) Short for Ensilage.

Call :: Call (n.) A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders..

Bill :: Bill (n.) A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a hand bill, when long, a hedge bill..

Curt :: Curt (a.) Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer..

Cut-off :: Cut-off (n.) That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road..

Pouch :: Pouch (n.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse..

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short piece of instrumental music played between the parts of a song or cantata, or the acts of a drama; especially, in church music, a short passage played by the organist between the stanzas of a hymn, or in German chorals after each line..

Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To utter a sharp, shrill cry, usually of short duration; to cry with an acute tone, as an animal; or, to make a sharp, disagreeable noise, as a pipe or quill, a wagon wheel, a door; to creak..

Swift :: Swift (v. i.) Of short continuance; passing away quickly.

Scrimp :: Scrimp (a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

Ranger :: Ranger (n.) One of a body of mounted troops, formerly armed with short muskets, who range over the country, and often fight on foot..

Knickerbockers :: Knickerbockers (n. pl.) The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes.

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

Billet :: Billet (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron..

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