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

Macron :: Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..

Tribrach :: Tribrach (n.) A poetic foot of three short syllables, as, meblius..

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 In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E..

Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) A tune in which a simple strain is often repeated; a simple rural strain which is short and lively.

Slip :: Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..

Spur :: Spur (n.) The short wooden buttress of a post.

Triolet :: Triolet (n.) A short poem or stanza of eight lines, in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and again as the seventh line, the second being, repeated as the eighth..

Brachyptera :: Brachyptera (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

Tachygraphy :: Tachygraphy (n.) The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

Snotter :: Snotter (n.) A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat..

Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..

Interlude :: Interlude (n.) A short entertainment exhibited on the stage between the acts of a play, or between the play and the afterpiece, to relieve the tedium of waiting..

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

Siesta :: Siesta (n.) A short sleep taken about the middle of the day, or after dinner; a midday nap..

Bullen-nail :: Bullen-nail (n.) A nail with a round head and short shank, tinned and lacquered..

Zigzag :: Zigzag (v. t.) To form with short turns.

Apothegmatize :: Apothegmatize (v. i.) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings..

Longhand :: Longhand (n.) The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..

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