Vocabulary : Short-circuiting to Shorthead

Short-circuiting : of Short-circuit
Shortclothes : Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings.
Shortcoming : The act of falling, or coming short ;; The failure of a crop, or the like. ;; Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Short-dated : Having little time to run from the date.
Shorten : To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. ;; To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc. ;; To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of. ;; To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. ;; To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.

Shortener : One who, or that which, shortens.
Shortening : of Shorten ;; The act of making or becoming short or shorter. ;; That which renders pastry short or friable, as butter, lard, etc.
Shorthand : 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 of, or lacking the regular number of, servants or helpers.
Shorthead : A sucking whale less than one year old; -- so called by sailors.

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