[webauthn] Minor cleanups from PR 1270 review (#1291)

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== Minor cleanups from PR 1270 review ==
Unresolved discussions from https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/1270#pullrequestreview-283764559 :

- https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/1270#discussion_r320888115
  >@equalsJeffH: I'm thinking we ought to formalize the term "re-authentication" ( "re-auth" for short -- see also issue #334) and use it instead of "repeated [=authentication=]"

- https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/1270#discussion_r320890039
  >@equalsJeffH: for "authn on device for first time" -- #334 uses term "bootstrap" (goog folks r partial to that term) some folks use the term "introduction" for it...
  >@emlun: I feel like that would require a proper definition of "bootstrap", and I'm not sure we'd use the term enough for it to be worth it. What do you think?

- https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/1270#discussion_r320890970
  >@equalsJeffH: I wonder about this term "first-factor" and whether we ought to really be using "multi-factor" instead...

- https://github.com/w3c/webauthn/pull/1270#discussion_r320897736
  >@equalsJeffH: s/ time / time (i.e., "bootstrapping" the [=client device=]) / ...?


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