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King James Dictionary
• Shortness
• Short
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Pippin the Short
• Pepin the Short
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Short, Shorten
• Short
Webster Dictionary
• Shortness
• Short-Wited
• Short-Winded
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Francis Job Short
• Sir Francis Job Short
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Short, Augustus, D.D.
• Short, David Hawkins, D.D.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Pepin the Short
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Pepin the Short
Lexicons
• βραχύς
• καιρός
• κολοβόω
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• גָּרַע , גָּרַע
• יום , יום
• קָצָה
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SHORT'NESS, n.

1. The quality of being short in space or time little length or little duration as the shortness of a journey or of distance the shortness of the days in winter the shortness of life.

2. Fewness of words brevity conciseness as th eshortness of an essay. The prayers of the church, by reason of their shortness, are easy for the memory.

3. Want of reach or the power of retention as the shortness of the memory.

4. Deficiency imperfection limited extent as the shortness of our reason.