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Dyspnoic :: Dyspnoic (a.) Affected with shortness of breath; relating to dyspnoea.

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..

Gipoun :: Gipoun (n.) A short cassock.

Nap :: Nap (v. i.) To have a short sleep; to be drowsy; to doze.

Chant :: Chant (v. t.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music..

Basset Hound :: Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog..

Brachytypous :: Brachytypous (a.) Of a short form.

Dart :: Dart (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow..

Zigzag :: Zigzag (n.) Something that has short turns or angles.

Mope-eyed :: Mope-eyed (a.) Shortsighted; purblind.

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A short throw; a toss.

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

Short-circuiting :: Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circui.

Hatchet :: Hatchet (n.) A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand..

Hyphen :: Hyphen (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words..

Jemmy :: Jemmy (n.) A short crowbar. See Jimmy.

Stultification :: Stulp (n.) A short, stout post used for any purpose, a to mark a boundary..

Antispast :: Antispast (n.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#)..

Tack :: Tack (n.) A small, short, sharp-pointed nail, usually having a broad, flat head..

Terminus :: Terminus (n.) The Roman divinity who presided over boundaries, whose statue was properly a short pillar terminating in the bust of a man, woman, satyr, or the like, but often merely a post or stone stuck in the ground on a boundary line..

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