short+measure
121shortfall — Synonyms and related words: absence, arrear, arrearage, arrears, beggary, decline, defalcation, default, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, delinquency, deprivation, destitution, drought, failure, falling short, famine, imperfection,… …
122scantiness — n. Insufficiency, meagreness, narrowness, deficiency, short supply, short measure …
123bawdy-house bottle — noun A very small bottle; short measure being among the many means used by the keepers of those houses, to gain what they call an honest livelihood: indeed this is one of the least reprehensible; the less they give a man of their infernal… …
124nip — 1. to steal Either by pinching or by giving short measure: Ye was set afffrae oon for nipping the pyes. (A. Ramsay, 1737) 2. a drink of spirits Originally, a nipperkin, an eighth part of a pint, the quantity normally served: … …
125κακομετρίαν — κακομετρίᾱν , κακομετρία short measure fem acc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
126baker's dozen — n. thirteen: supposedly from bakers former practice of adding an extra roll to each dozen sold to avoid any risk of penalty for short measure …
127To take measures — measure meas ure (m[e^]zh [ u]r; 135), n. [OE. mesure, F. mesure, L. mensura, fr. metiri, mensus, to measure; akin to metrum poetical measure, Gr. me tron, E. meter. Cf. {Immense}, {Mensuration}, {Mete} to measure.] 1. A standard of dimension; a… …
128Shorter — Short Short, a. [Compar. {Shorter}; superl. {Shortest}.] [OE. short, schort, AS. scort, sceort; akin to OHG. scurz, Icel. skorta to be short of, to lack, and perhaps to E. shear, v. t. Cf. {Shirt}.] 1. Not long; having brief length or linear… …
