† shortheadn.

Forms: In Middle English ssorthede.

Etymology: < short adj. + -head suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Shortness, brevity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun]

shorthead1340

briefnessa1400

brevity1542

momentaniness1635

momentariness1648

shortlivedness1817

momentaneity1921

short-windedness1934

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 99 Þis bene paseþ alle oþre ine þri þinges, ine dignete, in ssorthede, an ine guodnesse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

> as lemmas

short-head

short-head v. (transitive) to defeat by a short head; also transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip

to leave behinda1393

overgoc1425

preventa1500

outgo1530

out-trot1555

outstrip1567

stripa1592

outpacea1596

out-swift1606

to have (also get) the speed ofa1616

outstretcha1642

to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642

to gain bounds of1653

outrace1657

outspeed1661

to cast behind1681

distance1691

belag1721

repass1728

outfoot1740

outdistance1789

fore-reach1803

to have the foot of1832

to run away1843

slip1856

short-head1863

tine1871

forespeed1872

outrate1873

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > win over

short-head1863

to gallop to a standstill1892

1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 26 It exhibits..a type..which is intermediate between the long-headed and short-headed form.

1922 Weekly Disp. 12 Nov. 7 Danny caught him napping and shortheaded him on the post.

1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 18/4 In a most luckless effort he was short-headed.

1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing iii. 44 The favourite was beaten on the post... I was short-headed out of a fiver.

extracted from shortadj.n.adv.

short-head

short-head n. a name given by sailors to the young of the whale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > young

suckerc1384

calfa1398

cub1600

short-head1726

stunt1726

calf-whale1829

whale-calf1867

whale-cub1885

1726 P. Dudley Whales in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 257 At a Year old, when they are called Short heads, they are very fat.

extracted from shortadj.n.adv.

n.1340

as lemmas

单词	shorthead
释义	† shortheadn. Forms: In Middle English ssorthede. Etymology: < short adj. + -head suffix. Obsolete. rare. Shortness, brevity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [noun] shorthead1340 briefnessa1400 brevity1542 momentaniness1635 momentariness1648 shortlivedness1817 momentaneity1921 short-windedness1934 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 99 Þis bene paseþ alle oþre ine þri þinges, ine dignete, in ssorthede, an ine guodnesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas short-head short-head v. (transitive) to defeat by a short head; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip to leave behinda1393 overgoc1425 preventa1500 outgo1530 out-trot1555 outstrip1567 stripa1592 outpacea1596 out-swift1606 to have (also get) the speed ofa1616 outstretcha1642 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642 to gain bounds of1653 outrace1657 outspeed1661 to cast behind1681 distance1691 belag1721 repass1728 outfoot1740 outdistance1789 fore-reach1803 to have the foot of1832 to run away1843 slip1856 short-head1863 tine1871 forespeed1872 outrate1873 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > ride horse in race [verb (transitive)] > win over short-head1863 to gallop to a standstill1892 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 26 It exhibits..a type..which is intermediate between the long-headed and short-headed form. 1922 Weekly Disp. 12 Nov. 7 Danny caught him napping and shortheaded him on the post. 1929 Daily Express 7 Nov. 18/4 In a most luckless effort he was short-headed. 1963 ‘J. Prescot’ Case for Hearing iii. 44 The favourite was beaten on the post... I was short-headed out of a fiver. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. short-head short-head n. a name given by sailors to the young of the whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > young suckerc1384 calfa1398 cub1600 short-head1726 stunt1726 calf-whale1829 whale-calf1867 whale-cub1885 1726 P. Dudley Whales in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 257 At a Year old, when they are called Short heads, they are very fat. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < n.1340 as lemmas
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