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• Short

  ·noun A summary account. II. Short ·noun Short, inferior hemp. III. Short ·noun Breeches; shortclo...

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• short

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• long and short boards

  See tack and half-tack. ...

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• bill-boards

  Doubling under the fore-channels to the water-line, to protect the planking from the bill of the anc...

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• float-boards

  The same as floats of a paddle-wheel. ...

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• guard-boards

  Synonymous with chain-wales. ...

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• head-boards

  The berthing or close-boarding between the head-rails. ...

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• lee-boards

  Wooden wings or strong frames of plank affixed to the sides of flat-bottomed vessels, such as Dutch ...

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• limber boards or plates

  Short movable pieces of plank; a part of the lining of a ship's floor, close to the keelson, and imm...

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• marine boards

  Establishments at our different ports for carrying into effect the provisions of the Merchant Shippi...

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• shifting-boards

  One or more wooden bulk-heads in a vessel's hold, put up fore-and-aft, and firmly supported, for pre...

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• spla-boards

  Planks fixed at an obtuse angle, to reflect light into a magazine. ...

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• trail-boards

  A carved board on each side of the stem, reaching from it to the figure, or to the brackets. The car...

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• waist-boards

  The berthing made to fit into a vessel's gangway on either side. ...

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• wash-boards

  A term for the white facings of the old naval uniform. ...

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• weather-boards

  Pieces of plank placed in the ports of a ship when laid up in ordinary; they are in an inclined posi...

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• Cold-short

  ·adj Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron. II. Cold-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when cold (that is, ...

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• Hot-short

  ·adj More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron. II. Hot-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when he...

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• Red-short

  ·adj Hot-short; brittle when red-hot; — said of certain kinds of iron. ...

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• Short circuit

  ·- A circuit formed or closed by a conductor of relatively low resistance because shorter or of rela...

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• Short-breathed

  ·adj Having short life. II. Short-breathed ·adj Having short-breath, or quick respiration. ...

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• Short-circuit

  ·vt To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor...

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• Short-circuited

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of Short-circuit. ...

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• Short-circuiting

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Short-circuit. ...

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• Short-dated

  ·adj Having little time to run from the date. ...

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• Short-handed

  ·adj Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers. ...

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• Short-jointed

  ·adj Having short intervals between the joints; — said of a plant or an animal, especially of a hor...

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• Short-lived

  ·adj Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short...

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• Short-spoken

  ·adj Speaking in a quick or short manner; hence, gruff; curt. ...

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• Short-waisted

  ·adj Having a short waist. ...

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• Short-winded

  ·adj Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthm...

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• Short-wited

  ·adj Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. ...

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• Short Street

  West out of Finsbury Pavement, at No. 65, to Little Moorfields (P.O. Directory). In Coleman Street W...

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• to cut short

  To hinder from proceeding by sudden interruption,--Johnson. The judge cut off the counsel very shor...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• short-comings

  Defective performance; deficiency as to duty.--Worcester. Here is proof that very little was known ...

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• short gown

  A short gown with hardly any skirt, worn by women when doing household work, as washing, &c. ...

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• hove-short

  The ship with her cable hove taut towards her anchor, when the sails are usually loosed and braced f...

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• short stay

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• short apeek

  "Heave short," means to heave in the cable till it is nearly up and down, and would hold the vessel ...

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• short allowance

  When the provisions will not last the period expected, they may be reduced in part, as two-thirds, h...

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• short-handed

  A deficient complement of men, or short-handed by many being on the sick-list. ...

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• short-sea

  A confused cross sea where the waves assume a jerking rippling action, and set home to the bows or s...

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• short-service

  Chafing geer put on a hemp cable for a short range. ...

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• short-sheets

  Belong to shifting sails, such as studding-sails, &c. ...

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• short-tacks

  See short boards. ...

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• short-time

  or sand glass. One of 14 seconds, used in heaving the log when the ship is going fast. ...

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• short-heeled wench

  A girl apt to fall on her back. ...

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• long and short

  The end; the result; the upshot. You see I should have bore down on Sol Gills yesterday, but she to...

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• heave short, to

  To heave in on the cable until the vessel is nearly over her anchor, or sufficiently near it for sai...

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• short-linked chain

  A cable without studs, and therefore with shorter links than those of stud-chains; such are slings a...

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• top-gallant quarter-boards

  , or top-gallant bulwarks. See quarter-boards. ...

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