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Dock :: Dock (v. t.) to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse..

Sculler :: Sculler (n.) A boat rowed by one man with two sculls, or short oars..

Epilogue :: Epilogue (n.) A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play..

Bob :: Bob (v. i.) To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything..

Wekau :: Wekau (n.) A small New Zealand owl (Sceloglaux albifacies). It has short wings and long legs, and lives chiefly on the ground..

Iambic :: Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot..

Carling :: Carling (n.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl..

Ejaculate :: Ejaculate (v. i.) To utter ejaculations; to make short and hasty exclamations.

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

Shortly :: Shortly (adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose..

Bacchius :: Bacchius (n.) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short..

Indenture :: Indenture (n.) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master..

Fret :: Fret (n.) A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed..

Undershoot :: Undershoot (v. t.) To shoot short of (a mark).

Diastole :: Diastole (n.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is made long.

Polygastric :: Polygastric (a.) Having several bellies; -- applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by short tendons.

Short :: Short (n.) A summary account.

Codetta :: Codetta (n.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda..

Ariette :: Ariette (n.) A short aria, or air..

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

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