'Cold-short' definitions:
Definition of 'Cold-short'
From: GCIDE
- Cold-short \Cold"-short`\, a. [Prob. fr. Sw. kallsk["o]r; kall cold + sk["o]r brittle. --Oxf. E. D.] (Metal.) Brittle when cold (that is, below a red heat); as, cold-short iron. -- {Cold"-short`ness}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]