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Breviloquence :: Breviloquence (n.) A brief and pertinent mode of speaking.

Docket :: Docket (v. t.) To make a brief abstract of and inscribe in a book; as, judgments regularly docketed..

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

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

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..

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

Concise :: Concise (a.) Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.

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.

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

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..

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

Flurry :: Flurry (n.) A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind..

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..

Stack :: Staccato (a.) Expressed in a brief, pointed manner..

Call :: Call (v. i.) To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders..

Span :: Span (v. t.) Hence, a small space or a brief portion of time..

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

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

Telegrammic :: Telegrammic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief..

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

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