Chapter Shoreless to Shough of S by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

3. To make deficient (as to); to deprive; — with of.

Spoiled of his nose, and shortened of his ears.

Dryden.

4. To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.

To shorten a rope (Naut.), to take in the slack of it. — To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce sail by taking it in.

Shorten
(Short"en), v. i. To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

Shortener
(Short"en*er) n. One who, or that which, shortens.

Shortening
(Short"en*ing), n.

1. The act of making or becoming short or shorter.

2. (Cookery) That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.

Shorthand
(Short"hand`) n. A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography. See Illust. under Phonography.

Short-handed
(Short`-hand"ed), a. Short of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.

Shorthead
(Short"head`) n. A sucking whale less than one year old; — so called by sailors.

Shorthorn
(Short"horn`) a. One of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England.

Short-jointed
(Short"-joint`ed) a. Having short intervals between the joints; — said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

Short-lived
(Short"-lived`) a. Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.

Shortly
(Short"ly), adv. [AS. sceortlice.]

1. In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly. Chaucer.

I shall grow jealous of you shortly.

Shak.

The armies came shortly in view of each other.

Clarendon.

2. In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.

Shortness
(Short"ness), n. The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Shortsighted
(Short"sight`ed) a.

1. Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

2. Fig.: Not able to look far into futurity; unable to understand things deep; of limited intellect.

3. Having little regard for the future; heedless.