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Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

Geniculation :: Geniculation (n.) The state of being bent abruptly at an angle.

Surly :: Surly (a.) Gloomily morose; ill-natured, abrupt, and rude; severe; sour; crabbed; rough; sullen; gloomy; as, a surly groom; a surly dog; surly language; a surly look..

Squawk :: Squawk (v. i.) To utter a shrill, abrupt scream; to squeak harshly..

Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

Abruptly :: Abruptly (adv.) In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly..

Mucronated :: Mucronated (a.) Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf..

Liquid :: Liquid (a.) Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones.

Pinnated :: Pinnated (a.) Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly..

Shut :: Shut (a.) Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are..

Induplicate :: Induplicate (a.) Having the edges bent abruptly toward the axis; -- said of the parts of the calyx or corolla in aestivation.

Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..

Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.

Clack :: Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run..

Bundle :: Bundle (v. t.) To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

Bluntness :: Bluntness (n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.

Hard :: Hard (superl.) Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in the coloring or light and shade.

Clap :: Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon..

Effuse :: Effuse (a.) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells..

Snatchingly :: Snatchingly (adv.) By snatching; abruptly.

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