short tailed bangsring

Zoology: Hylomys suillus , a small insectivorous mammal from Sumatra. The muzzle is prolonged naked. IMG:content-1383.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To curtail. ( Shakesp.: Richard II., iii. 3.) *5. To lop, to deprive. "Dishonest with lopt arms, the youth appears, Spoil'd of his nose, and shorten'd of his ears." Dryden: Virgil's Æneid, vi. 669. *6.. To confine, to restrain. "Here, where the subject is so fruitful, I am shortened by my chain, and can only see what is forbidden me to reach."-Dryden. (Todd.) *7. To make to fall short; to cause to fail; to prejudice. ( Shakesp .: Lear , iv. 7.) 8. To make short and crisp, as pastry, with butter or lard. B. Intransitive: 1. To become short or shorter; as, the days Wales. IMG:content-1384.png:[blocks in formation] "It would not be easier to conceive a higher tribute to the memory of Robert and Charles Colling, the two famous Durham brothers, who were the originators of the short-horns." -London Daily Telegraph . short-horned, a. Having short horns; as, the short- horned breed of cattle.