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▪ I. ˈshorting, vbl. n.1
[f. short v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. short in various senses.
a1390tr. St. Jerome's Prol. Jer. in Wyclif's Bible (1850) III. 342 But more riȝt it were, to the shorting of euel, to putte mesure to the wodnesse of them bi my silence. c1400Beryn 209 That euery man shuld, by the wey, with a tale glade Al the hole company in shorting of þe wey. 1490Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 1 §1 If any Captain..give not them their full Wages without shorting as he shall receive of the King.
▪ II. shorting, vbl. n.2
see short v.2 |