Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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). --
   {Cold"-short`ness}, n.

Cold-short \Cold"-short`\, a.
   Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.