Referring to an unspecified, or as yet unspecified, member of a class or representative of a type; -- (a) as the first unit in a noun phrase [the usual construction]; (b) before an adj. modifying a……
(a) Of little length; smiten forth limes short, to cut the legs off short; shivered short, broken off short; (b) short iswired; short nosed; short pastroned; short ribbe, an asternal rib; short shapen……
