SPage 355
- English Word Short Definition A summary account.
- English Word Short Definition The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
- English Word Short Definition Short, inferior hemp.
- English Word Short Definition Breeches; shortclothes.
- English Word Short Definition A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- English Word Short Definition In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
- English Word Short Definition To shorten.
- English Word Short Definition To fail; to decrease.
- English Word Short circuit Definition A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of relatively great conductivity.
- English Word Short-breathed Definition Having short-breath, or quick respiration.
- English Word Short-breathed Definition Having short life.
- English Word Short-circuit Definition To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance.
- English Word Short-circuited Definition of Short-circuit
- English Word Short-circuiting Definition of Short-circuit
- English Word Short-dated Definition Having little time to run from the date.
- English Word Short-handed Definition Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
- English Word Short-jointed Definition Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
- English Word Short-lived Definition Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
- English Word Short-spoken Definition Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt.
- English Word Short-waisted Definition Having a short waist.