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• Short — Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear extension; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Short rib — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Short suit — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• short\ of — I. adj. phr. 1. Less or worse than. Don t do anything short of your best. 2. Not having enough. We did not buy anything because we were short of money. The girls were asked to wait on tables because the kitchen was short of help. II. adv. phr.… …   Словарь американских идиом

• short of(1) — {adj. phr.} 1. Less or worse than. * /Don t do anything short of your best./ 2. Not having enough. * /We did not buy anything because we were short of money./ * /The girls were asked to wait on tables because the kitchen was short of help./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• short of(1) — {adj. phr.} 1. Less or worse than. * /Don t do anything short of your best./ 2. Not having enough. * /We did not buy anything because we were short of money./ * /The girls were asked to wait on tables because the kitchen was short of help./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• Anything Box — Origin Paterson, New Jersey Orange County, California Genres Synthpop Electronic Indie pop Dance pop New Wave Industrial music Years active …   Wikipedia

• short story — short story, adj. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words. [1885 90] * * * Brief fictional prose narrative. It usually presents a single significant episode or scene involving a limited number of characters. The form encourages… …   Universalium

• Anything But Monday (magazine) — Anything But Monday was a nationally distributed humor magazine published in the late 1980’s. The semi monthly publication featured satirical social commentary, sarcastic criticism of public sensibilities, and comic strips that parodied many… …   Wikipedia

• Anything and Whatever — are the names of two soft drinks made and distributed in Singapore alongside each other, by the company Out Of The Box Pte Ltd.. Flavors Anything is carbonated and is made in six flavors: Cola, Cola with Lemon, Apple, Fizz Up, Cloudy Lemon and… …   Wikipedia

• Short draw (spinning) — Short draw is the spinning technique used to create worsted yarns. It is spun from combed roving, sliver or wool top anything with the fibers all lined up parallel to the yarn. It is generally spun from long stapled fibers. Short draw spun yarns… …   Wikipedia