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Shorer
n.
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One who, or that which, shores or props; a prop; a shore.
Shoreward
adv.
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Toward the shore.
Shoring
n.
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The act of supporting or strengthening with a prop or shore.
Shoring
n.
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A system of props; props, collectively.
Shorl
a.
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Alt. of Shorlaceous
Shorlaceous
a.
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See Schorl, Schorlaceous.
Shorling
n.
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The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing.
Shorling
n.
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A person who is shorn; a shaveling; hence, in contempt, a priest.
Shorn
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p. p. of Shear.
Short
superl.
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Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
Short
superl.
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Not extended in time; having very limited duration; not protracted; as, short breath.
Short
superl.
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Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty; as, a short supply of provisions, or of water.
Short
superl.
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Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking; not coming up to a resonable, or the ordinary, standard; -- usually with of; as, to be short of money.
Short
superl.
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Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
Short
superl.
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Not distant in time; near at hand.
Short
superl.
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Limited in intellectual power or grasp; not comprehensive; narrow; not tenacious, as memory.
Short
superl.
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Less important, efficaceous, or powerful; not equal or equivalent; less (than); -- with of.
Short
superl.
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Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
Short
superl.
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Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
Short
superl.
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Brittle.
Short
superl.
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Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
Short
adv.
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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.
Short
n.
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A summary account.
Short
n.
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The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran.
Short
n.
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Short, inferior hemp.
Short
n.
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Breeches; shortclothes.
Short
n.
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A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
Short
adv.
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In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
Short
v. t.
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To shorten.
Short
v. i.
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To fail; to decrease.