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Definition of short
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Short
(adv.)
Not
prolonged,
or
relatively
less
prolonged,
in
utterance;
--
opposed
to long, and
applied
to
vowels
or to
syllables.
In
English,
the long and short of the same
letter
are not, in most
cases,
the long and short of the same
sound;
thus, the i in ill is the short
sound,
not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See
Quantity,
and Guide to
Pronunciation,
//22, 30..
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Amphimacer
::
Amphimacer
(n.) A foot of three
syllables,
the
middle
one short and the
others
long, as in
cast/tas..
Aino
::
Aino (n.) One of a
peculiar
race
inhabiting
Yesso,
the
Kooril
Islands
etc., in the
northern
part of the
empire
of
Japan,
by some
supposed
to have been the
progenitors
of the
Japanese.
The Ainos are stout and
short,
with hairy
bodies..
Lucernaria
::
Lucernaria
(n.) A genus of
acalephs,
having
a
bell-shaped
body with eight
groups
of short
tentacles
around
the
margin.
It
attaches
itself
by a
sucker
at the base of the
pedicel..
Welk
::
Welk (v. t.) To
contract;
to
shorten.
Tanate
::
Tanate
(n.) An
Asiatic
wild dog
(Canis
procyonoides),
native
of Japan and
adjacent
countries.
It has a
short,
bushy tail.
Called
also
raccoon
dog..
Mantelet
::
Mantelet
(n.) A short cloak
formerly
worn by
knights.
Short-circuiting
::
Short-circuiting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Short-circui.
Depressed
::
Depressed
(a.)
Having
the
vertical
diameter
shorter
than the
horizontal
or
transverse;
-- said of the
bodies
of
animals,
or of parts of the
bodies..
Creese
::
Creese
(n.) A
dagger
or short sword used by the
Malays,
commonly
having
a
serpentine
blade..
Orthodromics
::
Orthodromics
(n.) The art of
sailing
in a
direct
course,
or on the arc of a great
circle,
which is the
shortest
distance
between
any two
points
on the
surface
of the
globe;
great-circle
sailing;
orthodromy..
Glimpse
::
Glimpse
(v. t.) To catch a
glimpse
of; to see by
glimpses;
to have a short or
hurried
view of.
Barbellate
::
Barbellate
(a.)
Having
short,
stiff
hairs,
often
barbed
at the
point..
Squeak
::
Squeak
(v. i.) To utter a
sharp,
shrill
cry,
usually
of short
duration;
to cry with an acute tone, as an
animal;
or, to make a
sharp,
disagreeable
noise,
as a pipe or
quill,
a wagon
wheel,
a door; to
creak..
Boxhaul
::
Boxhaul
(v. t.) To put (a
vessel)
on the other tack by
veering
her short round on her heel; -- so
called
from the
circumstance
of
bracing
the head yards abox (i. e., sharp
aback,
on the
wind)..
Kangaroo
::
Kangaroo
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
jumping
marsupials
of the
family
Macropodidae.
They
inhabit
Australia,
New
Guinea,
and
adjacent
islands,
They have long and
strong
hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are
comparatively
short and
feeble.
The giant
kangaroo
(Macropus
major)
is the
largest
species,
sometimes
becoming
twelve
or
fourteen
feet in total
length.
The tree
kangaroos,
belonging
to the genus
Dendrolagus,
live in
trees;
the rock
kangaroos,
of the genus
Petrogale,
inhab
Set
::
Set (n.) A short steel spike used for
driving
the head of a nail below the
surface.
Birdbolt
::
Birdbolt
(n.) A short blunt arrow for
killing
birds
without
piercing
them.
Brevirostrate
::
Brevirostrate
(a.)
Short-billed;
having
a short beak.
Chunk
::
Chunk (n.) A
short,
thick piece of
anything..
Nap
::
Nap (n.)
Woolly
or
villous
surface
of felt,
cloth,
plants,
etc.; an
external
covering
of down, of short fine hairs or
fibers
forming
part of the
substance
of
anything,
and lying
smoothly
in one
direction;
the pile; -- as, the nap of
cotton
flannel
or of
broadcloth..
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