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ˈover-ˈshort, a.
[over- 28.]
Too short. †b. as adv. Very abruptly. So ˈover-ˈshortly adv., too shortly, too briefly.
13..Cursor M. 12399 Þe knaue þat þis timber fett Heild noght graithli his mett, Bot ouer scort [v.r. schort] he broght a tre. 1538Starkey England ii. i. 162 Wherfore me thynke you passe them ouer-schortly. 1587Golding De Mornay xx. 318 Here they stoppe ouershort euerychone of them. 1704Swift T. Tub Wks. 1760 I. 91. 1899 A. Balfour To Arms i. 8 A steed some two sizes overshort for his long legs. |