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The olecranon, or the elbow. Ancon sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

nt sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to produce suffocation, choking, or shortness of breath. Angina pectoris, a peculiarly painful disease, so named from a sense of suffocating contraction or tightening of the lower part of the chest; -- called also breast pang, spasm of the chest.…

Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma. Glanvill.

Short of breath; panting.

An elephant goad with a sharp spike and hook, resembling a short-handled boat hook. [India] Kipling.

Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.

ender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the head and beak bent at an angle, while Anopheles holds the body at an angle with the…

Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

d to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often shortened to ant-; as, antacid, antarctic.

A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short.

A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long.

The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. -- A*phet"ic*al*ly, adv. New Eng. Dict.

To shorten by aphesis. These words . . . have been aphetized. New Eng. Dict.

ct truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.

In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style. The method of the book is aphoristic. De Quincey.

Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.

Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.