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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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Badger
::
Badger
(n.) A
carnivorous
quadruped
of the genus Meles or of an
allied
genus.
It is a
burrowing
animal,
with
short,
thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One
species
(M.
vulgaris),
called
also
brock,
inhabits
the north of
Europe
and Asia;
another
species
(Taxidea
Americana
/
Labradorica)
inhabits
the
northern
parts of North
America.
See
Teledu..
Stenographer
::
Stenograph
(n.) A
production
of
stenography;
anything
written
in
shorthand.
Euplexoptera
::
Euplexoptera
(n. pl.) An order of
insects,
including
the
earwig.
The
anterior
wings are
short,
in the form of
elytra,
while the
posterior
wings fold up
beneath
them. See
Earwig..
Business
::
Business
(n.) That which
busies
one, or that which
engages
the time,
attention,
or labor of any one, as his
principal
concern
or
interest,
whether
for a
longer
or
shorter
time;
constant
employment;
regular
occupation;
as, the
business
of life;
business
before
pleasure..
Enough
::
Enough
(interj.)
An
exclamation
denoting
sufficiency,
being a
shortened
form of it is
enough..
Paddle
::
Paddle
(v. i.) The broad part of a
paddle,
with which the
stroke
is made;
hence,
any
short,
broad
blade,
resembling
that of a
paddle..
Sentence
::
Sentence
(n.) A short
saying,
usually
containing
moral
instruction;
a
maxim;
an
axiom;
a saw..
Visite
::
Visite
(n.) A light cape or short cloak of silk or lace worn by women in
summer.
Snood
::
Snood (n.) A short line
(often
of
horsehair)
connecting
a
fishing
line with the hook; a
snell;
a
leader.
Distance
::
Distance
(n.) The space
between
two
objects;
the
length
of a line,
especially
the
shortest
line
joining
two
points
or
things
that are
separate;
measure
of
separation
in
place..
Esthesiometer
::
Esthesiometer
(n.) An
instrument
to
measure
the
degree
of
sensation,
by
determining
at how short a
distance
two
impressions
upon the skin can be
distinguished,
and thus to
determine
whether
the
condition
of
tactile
sensibility
is
normal
or
altered..
Short
::
Short
(superl.)
Brittle.
Parable
::
Parable
(n.) A
comparison;
a
similitude;
specifically,
a short
fictitious
narrative
of
something
which might
really
occur in life or
nature,
by means of which a moral is
drawn;
as, the
parables
of
Christ..
Balk
::
Balk (v. i.) To stop
abruptly
and stand still
obstinately;
to jib; to stop
short;
to
swerve;
as, the horse
balks..
Short-waisted
::
Short-waisted
(a.)
Having
a short
waist.
Rhythm
::
Rhythm
(n.) In the
widest
sense,
a
dividing
into short
portions
by a
regular
succession
of
motions,
impulses,
sounds,
accents,
etc.,
producing
an
agreeable
effect,
as in music
poetry,
the
dance,
or the
like..
Porpoise
::
Porpoise
(n.) Any small
cetacean
of the genus
Phocaena,
especially
P.
communis,
or P.
phocaena,
of
Europe,
and the
closely
allied
American
species
(P.
Americana).
The color is dusky or
blackish
above,
paler
beneath.
They are
closely
allied
to the
dolphins,
but have a
shorter
snout.
Called
also
harbor
porpoise,
herring
hag,
puffing
pig, and
snuffer..
Tribe
::
Tribe (n.) A
family
of
animals
descended
from some
particular
female
progenitor,
through
the
female
line; as, the
Duchess
tribe of
shorthorns..
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..
Saros
::
Saros (n.) A
Chaldean
astronomical
period
or
cycle,
the
length
of which has been
variously
estimated
from 3,600 years to 3,600 days, or a
little
short of 10
years..
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