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Coatee :: Coatee (n.) A coat with short flaps.

Clubfoot :: Clubfoot (n.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes..

Chunk :: Chunk (n.) A short, thick piece of anything..

Gully :: Gully (n.) A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Chatelaine :: Chatelaine (n.) An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain..

Lived :: Lived (a.) Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived..

Rimbase :: Rimbase (n.) A short cylinder connecting a trunnion with the body of a cannon. See Illust. of Cannon.

Spencer :: Spencer (n.) A short jacket worn by men and by women.

Exact :: Exact (a.) Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts..

Tract :: Tract (n.) A written discourse or dissertation, generally of short extent; a short treatise, especially on practical religion..

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The short planks between the portholes.

Shower :: Shower (n.) A fall or rain or hail of short duration; sometimes, but rarely, a like fall of snow..

Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity..

Toddle :: Toddle (v. i.) To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child..

Lye :: Lye (n.) A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding..

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..

Brachyceral :: Brachyceral (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects..

Bloomer :: Bloomer (n.) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat..

Chump :: Chump (n.) A short, thick, heavy piece of wood..

Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van..

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