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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having one end sawed off.
  • adjective Slang Short; runty.

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  • adjective Shortened by sawing.
  • adjective slang Short (as though something that should be there isn't).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective well below average height
  • adjective cut short

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