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Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.

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  1. a. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together.
  2. a. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise.
  3. adj. briefly giving the gist of something
  4. 1. Girded or tucked up; bound; drawn tightly together. His habit fit for speed succinct. Milton. 2. Compressed into a narrow compass; brief; concise. Let all your precepts be succinct and clear. Roscommon. The shortest and most succinct model that ever grasped all the needs and necessities of mankind. South. Syn. -- Short; brief; concise; summary; compendious; laconic; terse. -- Suc*cinct"ly, adv. -- Suc*cinct"ness, n.
  5. j:100 s briefly giving the gist of something