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That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.

A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.

A large and powerful, double-crested, short-winged American eagle (Thrasaëtus harpyia). It ranges from Texas to Brazil. Harpy bat (Zoöl.) (a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly…

A small ax with a short handle, to be used with one hand.

long coat of mail of the European Middle Ages, as contrasted with the habergeon, which is shorter and sometimes sleeveless. By old writers it is often used synonymously with habergeon. See Habergeon. [Written variously hauberg, hauberque, hawberk, etc.] Chaucer. Helm, nor hawberk's twisted mail. Gray.…

stance through which anything is hauled, as freight in a railroad car; as, a long haul or short haul.

op, in speaking, with a sound like haw; to speak with interruption and hesitation. Cut it short; don't prose -- don't hum and haw. Chesterfield.

from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as th…

A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle.

A brick or stone laid with its shorter face or head in the surface of the wall.

finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. -- To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw…

A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called. Loudon.

A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.

mpel. [Obs.] But the sad steel seized not where it was hight Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall. Spenser.

hick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

Covered with short, dense, grayish white hairs; canescent. Hoary bat (Zoöl.), an American bat (Atalapha cinerea), having the hair yellowish, or brown, tipped with white.

A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.

of Heave. Hove short, Hove to. See To heave a cable short, To heave a ship to, etc., under Heave.

A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar. [Obs.]