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Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [Scot.]

re usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough- haired and the smooth-haired.

A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tëgmînê, E. mer"ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]

A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

One of a breed of terriers with short legs, long body, and rough coat, originating in the country about the English and Scotch border.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.

A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain. She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak.

width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.

To cut short; to curtail. [Obs.] Bale.

Act of cutting short. [Obs.]

k; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before Emerson.

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. "A deficiencyof blood." Arbuthnot. [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle. Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double point…

Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison.

A shortened form of Academia della Crusca, an academy in Florescence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conversing the purity of the Italian language.

A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

A short note, equal in time to the half of a semiquaver, or the thirty-second part of a whole note.

; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal.

Falling short of the natural size, from being impoverished or starved. Gray.

Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.