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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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O :: O' (prep.) A shortened form of of or on.

Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

Bark :: Bark (n.) The short, loud, explosive sound uttered by a dog; a similar sound made by some other animals..

Bocal :: Bocal (n.) A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck..

Skilts :: Skilts (n. pl.) A kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn..

Hauberk :: Hauberk (v. t.) A coat of mail; especially, the long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon..

Bootee :: Bootee (n.) A half boot or short boot.

Shunt :: Shunt (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free..

Billet :: Billet (n.) A short bar of metal, as of gold or iron..

Brachyceral :: Brachyceral (a.) Having short antennae, as certain insects..

Notary :: Notary (n.) One who records in shorthand what is said or done; as, the notary of an ecclesiastical body..

Leader :: Leader (n.) A type having a dot or short row of dots upon its face.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

Benediction :: Benediction (n.) The short prayer which closes public worship; as, to give the benediction..

Tachydidaxy :: Tachydidaxy (n.) A short or rapid method of instructing.

Kilt :: Kilt (n.) A kind of short petticoat, reaching from the waist to the knees, worn in the Highlands of Scotland by men, and in the Lowlands by young boys; a filibeg..

Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) The act of shortening, or reducing..

Verse :: Verse (n.) One of the short divisions of the chapters in the Old and New Testaments.

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..