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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
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sharp
Prompt and attentive.
♦ Be sharp! Make haste.
♦ Look sharp! Lose no time. Also, an old term for ...
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Stick
·vt A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
II. Stick ·vi To cause difficulties, scruples, or h...
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to stick
To take in; to impose upon; to cheat in trade. 'I'm stuck with a counterfeit note;' 'He went to a ho...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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-set
·adj Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle o...
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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...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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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 ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sharp set
Hungry. A colloquial expression much itself in the United States as well as in England.
And so I th...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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Mahl-stick
·noun ·see Maul-stick.
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Maul-stick
·noun A stick used by painters as a rest for the hand while working.
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Message stick
·add. ·- A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, ·esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey inform...
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Poking-stick
·noun A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
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Stick-lac
·noun ·see the Note under <<Lac>>.
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Stick-seed
·noun A plant (Echinospermum Lappula) of the Borage family, with small blue flowers and prickly nutl...
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Stick-tight
·noun Beggar's ticks.
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Throwing stick
·add. ·- An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear;
— called also throw stick...
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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stick flams
A pair of gloves.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sugar stick
The virile member.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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drafting-stick
n.
a stick used in draftingcattle.
1884. Rolf Boldrewood, `Melbourne Memories,' c. x. p. 72:
«We ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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message-stick
n.
The aboriginals sometimescarve little blocks of wood with various marks to conveymessages. These...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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paddymelon-stick
n.
a stick used by theaborigines for knocking paddymelons (q.v.) on the head.
1851. J. Henderson, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stick-caterpillar
n.
See phasmid.
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stick-up
v. tr.
1) The regular word for theaction of bushrangers stopping passers-by on the highway androbbi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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throwing-stick
n.
native Australian weapon,by means of which the spear is thrown. See Woomera.
1802. G. Barringto...
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walking-stick
n.
See phasmid.
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whip-stick
n.
variety of dwarf Eucalypt; one of the Mallees; forming thick scrub.
1874. M. C., `Explorers,' p...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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yam-stick
n.
See quotation 1882, Tolmer.
1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings,' p. 27.
«One leg's thin as Lie...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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stick-chimney
In newly settled parts of the country, where log-houses form the first habitations of the settlers, ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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gob-stick
A horn or wooden spoon.
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head-stick
A short round stick with a hole at each end, through which the head-rope of some triangular sails is...
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scouring-stick
See scourer
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jack-sharp-nails
a prickle-back ; called also, in Middlesex, a strickle-back. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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palm, walking-stick
n.
a Queensland plant, Bacularia monostachya, F. v. M., N.O. Palmeae.So called because the stem is ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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walking-stick palm
n.
See under palm, walking-stick.
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to cut one's stick
To be off, to leave immediately and go with all speed. A vulgar expression, and often heard. It is a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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sharp look-out before!
The hail for the forecastle look-out men to be extremely vigilant.
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to shake a stick at
A ridiculous phrase very often heard in low language. When a man is puzzled to give one an idea of a...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cut a stick, to
To make off clandestinely.
♦ Cut your stick, be off, or go away.
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death's head upon a mop-stick
A poor miserable, emaciated fellow; one quite an otomy.
See otomy.-- He looked as pleasant as the p...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose