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Swarth :: Swarth (n.) Sward; short grass.

Word :: Word (n.) A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence..

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

Interact :: Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time..

Nebuly :: Nebuly (n.) A line or a direction composed of successive short curves or waves supposed to resembe a cloud. See NEbul.

Allowance :: Allowance (n.) That which is allowed; a share or portion allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose; a stated quantity, as of food or drink; hence, a limited quantity of meat and drink, when provisions fall short..

Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.

Respond :: Respond (n.) A short anthem sung at intervals during the reading of a chapter.

Proceleusmatic :: Proceleusmatic (a.) Consisting of four short syllables; composed of feet of four short syllables each.

Bobtail :: Bobtail (n.) An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Pubescence :: Pubescence (n.) A covering of soft short hairs, or down, as one some plants and insects; also, the state of being so covered..

Semicope :: Semicope (n.) A short cope, or an inferier kind of cope..

Buckthorn :: Buckthorn (n.) A genus (Rhamnus) of shrubs or trees. The shorter branches of some species terminate in long spines or thorns. See Rhamnus.

Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..

Spright :: Spright (n.) A kind of short arrow.

Lip :: Lip (n.) An edge of an opening; a thin projecting part of anything; a kind of short open spout; as, the lip of a vessel..

Tuck :: Tuck (v. t.) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass; as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves..

Truncheon :: Truncheon (n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear..

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

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