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

Mallet :: Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet..

Puff :: Puff (n.) To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) In the widest sense, a dividing into short portions by a regular succession of motions, impulses, sounds, accents, etc., producing an agreeable effect, as in music poetry, the dance, or the like..

Shortclothes :: Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings..

Retraction :: Retraction (n.) The act of retracting or shortening; as, the retraction of a severed muscle; the retraction of a sinew..

Shorthead :: Shorthead (n.) A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.

Stuccoes :: Stubby (a.) Short and thick; short and strong, as bristles..

Bob Wig :: Bob wig () A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig.

Hog :: Hog (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse..

Bird''s-foot :: Bird's-foot (n.) A papilionaceous plant, the Ornithopus, having a curved, cylindrical pod tipped with a short, clawlike point..

Rotate :: Rotate (a.) Having the parts spreading out like a wheel; wheel-shaped; as, a rotate spicule or scale; a rotate corolla, i.e., a monopetalous corolla with a flattish border, and no tube or a very short one..

Concavo-convex :: Concavo-convex (a.) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens..

Ditty :: Ditty (v. t.) A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme..

Coronary :: Coronary (n.) Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used generally to mean heart attack..

Fake :: Fake (v. t.) To manipulate fraudulently, so as to make an object appear better or other than it really is; as, to fake a bulldog, by burning his upper lip and thus artificially shortening it..

Jerkin :: Jerkin (n.) A jacket or short coat; a close waistcoat.

Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..

Quickwork :: Quickwork (n.) The short planks between the portholes.

Undercoat :: Undercoat (n.) A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat..

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