Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Short

Short (?), a. [Compar.Shorter (?); superl.Shortest.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v....

4565

Short (2)

Short, n. 1. A summary account.The short and the long is, our play is preferred. Shak.2. pl. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.The first remo...

4566

Short (3)

Short (?), adv. In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible fo...

4567

Short (4)

Short, v. t. [AS. sceortian.] To shorten.

4568

Short (5)

Short, v. i. To fail; to decrease.

4569

Short circuit

Short″ cir″cuit (?). (Elec.) A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.

4570

Short-breathed

Short″–breathed′ (?), a. 1. Having short-breath, or quick respiration.2. Having short life.

4571

Short-circuit

Short″–cir′cuit, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Short-circuited; p. pr. & vb. n.Short-circuiting.] (Elec.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, ...

4572

Short-dated

Short″–dat′ed (?), a. Having little time to run from the date. “Thy short-dated life.” Sandys.

4573

Short-handed

Short′–hand″ed, a. Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.

4574

Short-jointed

Short″–joint′ed (?), a. Having short intervals between the joints; — said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

4575

Short-lived

Short″–lived′ (?), a. Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

4576

Short-spoken

Short″–spo′ken (?), a. Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.

4577

Short-waisted

Short″–waist′ed (?), a. Having a short waist.

4578

Short-winded

Short″–wind′ed (?), a. Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. May.

4579

Short-wited

Short″–wit′ed (?), a. Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

4580

Shortage

Short″age (?), n. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts.

4581

Shortcake

Short″cake′ (?), n. An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.

4582

Shortclothes

Short″clothes′ (?), n. Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, — worn with long stockings.

4583

Shortcoming

Short″com′ing (?), n. The act of falling, or coming short; as: (a) The failure of a crop, or the like. (b) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.

4584

Shorten

Short″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Shortened �; p. pr. & vb. n.Shortening.] [See Short, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to sh...

4585

Shorten (2)

Short″en, v. i. To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

4586

Shortener

Short″en‐er (?), n. One who, or that which, shortens.

4587

Shortening

Short″en‐ing, n. 1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

4588

Shorthand

Short″hand′ (?), n. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Il...

4589

Shorthead

Short″head′ (?), n. A sucking whale less than one year old; — so called by sailors.

4590

Shorthorn

Short″horn′ (?), a. One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.