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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..

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

Snatch :: Snatch (n.) A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower..

Nap :: Nap (n.) A short sleep; a doze; a siesta.

Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes..

Jaunt :: Jaunt (n.) A short excursion for pleasure or refreshment; a ramble; a short journey.

Stop :: Stop (v. i.) To spend a short time; to reside temporarily; to stay; to tarry; as, to stop with a friend..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Short :: Short (superl.) Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money..

Bond :: Bond (n.) A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait..

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

Duck-legged :: Duck-legged (a.) Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged..

Short-circuited :: Short-circuited (imp. & p. p.) of Short-circui.

Punchinello :: Punchinello (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked..

Shortening :: Shortening (n.) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc..

Myzostomata :: Myzostomata (n. pl.) An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of hook-bearing parapodia on the under side..

Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To thicken and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end..

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

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