Shortness

Shortness [Scortnesse (Sax.)]
brevity, deficiency in length.

Definition taken from The Universal Etymological English Dictionary, edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)

Shittenˊerdes * Chain-Shot
Scud
Scuˊmber [Hunting Term]
Scuttle
Scuˊttles [in a Ship]
Seam of Glass
Seam of Corn
Seater
Seˊgmentated
Sherbeˊt
Shittenˊerdes
Shortness
Chain-Shot
Round-Shot [in Gunnery]
Cross-bar Shot
Case-Shot
Langrel Shot
Trundle Shot
Sin
Snake [Hieroglyphically]
A merry Snap
Snow