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Scrap :: Scrap (v. t.) Specifically, a fragment of something written or printed; a brief excerpt; an unconnected extract..

Semibrief :: Semibrief (n.) A semibreve.

Little :: Little (a.) Short in duration; brief; as, a little sleep..

Note :: Note (n.) A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation..

Ample :: Ample (a.) Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative..

Stound :: Stound (n.) A brief space of time; a moment.

Mention :: Mention (n.) A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of..

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

Concisely :: Concisely (adv.) In a concise manner; briefly.

Recapitulate :: Recapitulate (v. t.) To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize..

Commatic :: Commatic (a.) Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Short :: Short (superl.) Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question..

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Pause :: Pause (n.) In speaking or reading aloud, a brief arrest or suspension of voice, to indicate the limits and relations of sentences and their parts..

Phrase :: Phrase (n.) A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but usually two or more words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence; as, an adverbial phrase..

Pauciloquent :: Pauciloquent (a.) Uttering few words; brief in speech.

Apostle :: Apostle (n.) A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts..

Sudden :: Sudden (a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice; coming unexpectedly, or without the common preparation; immediate; instant; speedy..

Minute :: Minute (p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.

Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

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