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• Sharp-set

  ·adj Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle o...

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• Sharp

  ·noun A sharp tone or note. II. Sharp ·noun A sharp tool or weapon. III. Sharp ·noun ·same·as <<Mi...

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• sharp

  Subtle, acute, quick-witted; also a sharper or cheat, in opposition to a flat, dupe, or gull. Sharp'...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sharp

  Prompt and attentive. ♦ Be sharp! Make haste. ♦ Look sharp! Lose no time. Also, an old term for ...

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• set

  set, v. sed init. ...

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• set

  set old for sed. ...

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• Set

  ·vi To fit music to words. II. Set ·Impf & ·p.p. of Set. III. Set ·noun A young oyster when first ...

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• set

  A dead set: a concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming. ...

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• set

  Fixed in opinion; firm.--Webster. 'He is very set in his ways.' ...

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• set

  The direction in which a current flows, or of the wind. (See direction.) ♦ To set, is to observe t...

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• Sharp-cut

  ·adj Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of a...

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• Sharp-sighted

  ·adj Having quick or acute sight; — used literally and figuratively. ...

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• Sharp-witted

  ·adj Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. ...

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• Sharp, William ("Fiona MacLeod")

  (1856-1905) Wrote under this pseudonym a remarkable series of Celtic tales, novels, and poems, incl...

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• captain sharp

  A cheating bully, or one in a set of gamblers, whose office is to bully any pigeon, who, suspecting ...

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• sharp stick

  'He's after him with a sharp stick;' i. e. he's determined to have satisfaction, or revenge. Western...

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• hauling sharp

  Going upon half allowance of food. ...

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• jack-sharp

  A small fresh-water fish, otherwise known as prickly-back. ...

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• sharp bottom

  Synonymous with a sharp floor; used in contradistinction to a flat floor: the epithet denotes vessel...

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• sharp up

  Trimmed as near as possible to the wind, with the yards braced up nearly fore and aft. ...

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• trimmed sharp

  The arrangement of a ship's sails in a slant wind, so that she may keep as close as possible to the ...

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• Fire-set

  ·noun A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker. ...

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• Saw-set

  ·noun An instrument used to set or turn the teeth of a saw a little sidewise, that they may make a k...

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• Set chisel

  ·add. ·- A kind of chisel or punch, variously shaped, with a broad flat end, used for stripping off ...

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• Set-fair

  ·noun In plastering, a particularly good troweled surface. ...

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• Set-off

  ·noun ·see <<Offset>>, 7. II. Set-off ·noun ·same·as <<Offset>>, ·noun, 4. III. Set-off ·noun That...

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• Set-stitched

  ·adj Stitched according to a formal pattern. ...

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• Set-to

  ·noun A contest in boxing, in an argument, or the like. ...

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• Well-set

  ·adj Properly or firmly set. II. Well-set ·adj Well put together; having symmetry of parts. ...

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• a dead set

  A concerted scheme to defraud a person by gaming.--Grose, Slang Dict. This phrase seems to be taken ...

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• to set by

  To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...

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• set-to

  A scientific pugilistic combat; and figuratively, an argument, debate, contest in words. Both senses...

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• set-bolts

  Used in drifting out bolts from their position. Also employed for forcing the planks and other works...

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• set flying

  Sails that do not remain aloft when taken in, but are hauled on deck or stowed in the tops, as skysa...

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• set in

  Said when the sea-breeze or weather appears to be steady. ...

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• set on!

  The order to set the engine going on board a steamer. ...

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• set up

  Soldiers, mariners, and small-arm men, well drilled, and instructed to be upright and soldierlike in...

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• under-set

  Wherever the wind impels the surface-water directly upon the shore of a bay, the water below restore...

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• windward set

  The reverse of leeward set. ...

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• jack-sharp-nails

  a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb. ...

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• to set much by

  To regard; to esteem.--Johnson. Norfolk and Craven Glossaries. These are very old expressions, and w...

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• to set store by

  To value; esteem; regard. This sense of the word store is not noticed by the English or American lex...

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• every stitch set

  All possible canvas spread. ...

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• heave and set

  The ship's motion in rising and falling to the waves when at anchor. ...

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• sharp look-out before!

  The hail for the forecastle look-out men to be extremely vigilant. ...

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• set the chase, to

  To mark well the position of the vessel chased by bearing, so that by standing away from her on one ...

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• set up rigging, to

  To take in the slack of the shrouds, stays, and backstays, to bring the same strain as before, and t...

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• to set her cap for him

  To direct her attentions to him; to endeavor to win his affections. Dr. Johnson notices the phrase, ...

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• set of the wind and current

  See direction of the wind and current ...

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