Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hot-short \Hot"-short`\, a. [Cf. {Cold-short}.] (Metal.)
   Brittle when heated, esp. beyond a red heat; as, hot-short
   iron.

Hot-short \Hot"-short`\, a. (Metal.)
   More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron.