[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

terse \terse\, a. compar. terser; superl. tersest. l.
   tersus, p. p. of tergere to rub or wipe off.
   1. appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth;
      polished. obs.
      1913 webster

            many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have
            not this power attractive.            --sir t.
                                                  browne.
      1913 webster

   2. refined; accomplished; -- said of persons. r.  obs.
      "your polite and terse gallants." --massinger.
      1913 webster

   3. elegantly concise; free of superfluous words; polished to
      smoothness; as, terse language; a terse style.
      1913 webster

            terse, luminous, and dignified eloquence.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            a poet, too, was there, whose verse
            was tender, musical, and terse.       --longfellow.
      1913 webster

   syn: neat; concise; compact.

   usage: terse, concise. terse was defined by johnson
          "cleanly written", i. e., free from blemishes, neat or
          smooth. its present sense is "free from excrescences,"
          and hence, compact, with smoothness, grace, or
          elegance, as in the following lones of whitehead: 
          1913 webster

                "in eight terse lines has phaedrus told
                so frugal were the bards of old
                a tale of goats; and closed with grace,
                plan, moral, all, in that short space."
          1913 webster it differs from concise in not
          implying, perhaps, quite as much condensation, but
          chiefly in the additional idea of "grace or elegance."
          1913 webster -- terse"ly, adv. -- terse"ness, n.
          1913 webster
see also:
terser tersest terse concise terse"ly terse"ness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

terse
     adj : brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp
           retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude";
           "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy
           to understand" syn: crisp, curt, laconic
see also:
crisp curt laconic 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

106 moby thesaurus words for "terse":
   attic, ciceronian, spartan, abbreviated, abridged, abrupt,
   aphoristic, aposiopestic, axiomatic, bluff, blunt, brief, brusque,
   chaste, classic, clear, clear-cut, clipped, close, close-tongued,
   closemouthed, compact, compendious, compressed, concentrated,
   concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, direct,
   distilled, docked, dumb, easy, economical of words, elegant,
   elliptic, epigrammatic, finished, formulaic, formulistic, gnomic,
   graceful, gracile, gruff, incisive, indisposed to talk, laconic,
   lean, limpid, lucid, mum, mute, natural, neat, pellucid,
   perspicuous, petulant, pithy, plain, platitudinous, pointed,
   polished, precise, proverbial, pruned, pungent, pure, quiet,
   refined, reserved, restrained, round, rude, sententious, short,
   short and sweet, shortened, silent, simple, snug, sparing of words,
   speechless, straightforward, succinct, summary, synopsized,
   taciturn, tart, tasteful, taut, tight, tight-lipped, to the point,
   tongue-tied, trim, truncated, unaffected, ungracious, unlabored,
   unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

terse
     
        language for decryption of hardware logic.
     
        "hardware logic simulation by compilation", c. hansen, 25th
        acm/ieee design automation conf, 1988.
     
     

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Terse Systems
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http://www.tersesystems.com/, score=100, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 11:00 pm

Terse Map of the *.Aquaria FAQs
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http://faq.thekrib.com/, score=90, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 10:44 am

Definition of terse - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...terse. One entry found for terse.. Main Entry: terse Pronunciation: 't ... terse·ly adverb. - terse·ness noun For More Information on "terse" go ... ..
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=terse, score=88, date indexed=December 17, 2005, 11:29 am

Dictionary.com/terse
...past participle of. terg. re. , to cleanse.]. terse. ly adv. terse. ... 3 entries found for terse.. terse   . (.  P . ).   Pronunciation Key ... ..
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=terse, score=65, date indexed=November 10, 2005, 8:05 pm

Star Trek Voyager Episode Guide/Timeline
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http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Voyager%20Timeline.htm, score=61, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 2:57 am

terse & at large
...terse & at large GRRRRR. Arrrgh. And sometimes a travel log.. ... ..
http://terseandatlarge.blogspot.com/, score=60, date indexed=February 4, 2006, 6:00 am

Tnight Photo Database
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http://www.jsalz.net/txml/, score=60, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:07 pm

terse - definition of terse by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and ...
...Meaning of terse. What does terse mean? terse synonyms, terse antonyms ... past participle of terg. re. , to cleanse.]. terse. ly adv.. terse. ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Terse, score=57, date indexed=December 18, 2005, 11:05 pm

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http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=terse, score=54, date indexed=January 5, 2006, 1:39 am

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