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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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Deep-waisted
·adj Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the de...
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Long-waisted
·adj Having a long waist; long from the armpits to the armpits to the bottom of the waist;
— said o...
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Shallow-waisted
·adj Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships;
— said of a vessel.
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shallow-waisted
Flush-decked vessels are thus termed, in contradistinction to the deep-waisted.
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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-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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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.
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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 boards
Frequent tacking, where there is not room for long boards, or from some other cause, as weather or t...
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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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long and short boards
See tack and half-tack.
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