Bible Dictionaries
Shortness

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The quality or state of being short; want of reach or extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of provisions; shortness of breath.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shortness'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shortness.html. 1828.