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Laconical :: Laconical (a.) Expressing much in few words, after the manner of the Laconians or Spartans; brief and pithy; brusque; epigrammatic. In this sense laconic is the usual form..

Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of (a writing) and indorse it on the back of the paper, or to indorse the title or contents on the back of; to summarize; as, to docket letters and papers..

Skit :: Skit (n.) A reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.

Notation :: Notation (n.) Any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations..

Epitaph :: Epitaph (n.) A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis..

Brief :: Brief (a.) A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2..

Compendium :: Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary..

Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated a die Incarnationis, i. e., from the day of the Incarnation. See Apostolical brief, under Brief..

Duebill :: Duebill (n.) A brief written acknowledgment of a debt, not made payable to order, like a promissory note..

Commentary :: Commentary (v. i.) A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War..

Brief :: Brief (adv.) Soon; quickly.

Transient :: Transient (a.) Hasty; momentary; imperfect; brief; as, a transient view of a landscape..

Precipitate :: Precipitate (a.) Ending quickly in death; brief and fatal; as, a precipitate case of disease..

Laconism :: Laconism (n.) A vigorous, brief manner of expression; laconic style..

Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

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

Resume :: Resume (n.) A summing up; a condensed statement; an abridgment or brief recapitulation.

Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated..

Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..

Brief :: Brief (v. t.) To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings..

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