The stockings of the Highland dress, reaching to the knee, as opposed to the long hose formerly worn by Englishmen.

plural of short-coat

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of short-coat

(finance) A financial instrument bought with the expectation that it will decrease in value.

plural of short position

Misspelling of short shrift.

Wearing board shorts.

Circaetus gallicus, a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

Calandrella brachydactyla, a small passerine bird.

(transitive, idiomatic) To do (a task) quicker or easier. / (transitive, idiomatic) To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty.