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

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..

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

Summary :: Summarize (v. t.) To comprise in, or reduce to, a summary; to present briefly..

Vanish :: Vanish (n.) The brief terminal part of vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part; as, a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill, o as in old with a vanish of oo as in foot..

Burst :: Burst (n.) Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed..

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..

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..

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

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..

Breviary :: Breviary (n.) An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary.

Brief :: Brief (a.) A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.

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

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..

Semibrief :: Semibrief (n.) A semibreve.

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

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

Abstract :: Abstract (a.) That which comprises or concentrates in itself the essential qualities of a larger thing or of several things. Specifically: A summary or an epitome, as of a treatise or book, or of a statement; a brief..

Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To hint at; to touch lightly or briefly.

Curtal :: Curtal (a.) Curt; brief; laconic.

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