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To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of brickwork or masonry. From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.] -- Jump joint. (a) A butt joint. (b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels. -- Jump seat. (a) A movable carriage seat. (b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be shifted so as…

To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise to chink. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Bp. Hall.

To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Flowing or sounding smoothly or without abrupt transitions or harsh tones. "Liquid melody." Crashaw.

e resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

A minute abrupt point, as of a leaf; any small, sharp point or process, terminating a larger part or organ.

Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. -- Mu"cro*nate*ly, adv.

An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside.

t; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

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.

A headlong steep; a very steep, perpendicular, or overhanging place; an abrupt declivity; a cliff. Where wealth like fruit on precipices grew. Dryden.

Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off. Premorse root or leaves (Bot.), such as have an abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten off short.

To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.

Reflexed; bent or turned abruptly backward.

Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style. [Obs.] In his satires Horace is quick, round, and pleasant. Peacham.

An abrupt and marked variation in the condition or appearance of a species; a sudden modification which may give rise to new races. We greatly suspect that nature does make considerable jumps in the way of variation now and then, and that these saltations give rise to some of the gaps which appear to exist in the serie…

Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve.

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.