Defn: 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.
Defn: 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. Etym: [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.
Defn: 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.