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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'...

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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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Captain
·adj Chief; superior. II. Captain ·noun A head, or chief officer. III. Captain ·noun A military le...

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Captain
1) Heb. sar (1 Sam. 22:2; 2 Sam. 23:19). Rendered "chief," Gen. 40:2; 41:9; rendered also "prince," ...

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captain
Led captain; an humble dependant in a great family, who for a precarious subsistence, and distant ho...

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captain
I. This title is said to be derived from the eastern military magistrate katapan, meaning "over ev...

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Captain
As a purely military title, "captain" answers to sar in the Hebrew army and tribune in the Roman. 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-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...

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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...

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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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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...

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Sea captain
·- The captain of a vessel that sails upon the sea. ...

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captain lieutenant
Meat between veal and beef, the flesh of an old calf; a military simile, drawn from the officer of t...

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captain podd
A celebrated master of a puppet-shew, in Ben Johnson's time, whose name became a common one to signi...

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captain queernabs
A shabby ill-dressed fellow. ...

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captain tom
The leader of a mob; also the mob itself. ...

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Captain Cook
or Cooker n. NewZealand colonists' slang. First applied to the wild pigs ofNew Zealand, supposed t...

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boatswain-captain
An epithet given by certain popinjays in the service to such of their betters as fully understand th...

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captain-general
The highest army rank. ...

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job captain
One who gets a temporary appointment to a ship, whose regular commander is a member of parliament, &...

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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...

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sailing captain
An officer in some navies, whose duties are similar to those of our masters in the royal navy. ...

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second-captain
Commanders under captains in the navy, of late. ...

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staff-captain
A designation conferred in 1863 upon masters of the fleet. ...

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

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captain copperthorne's crew
All officers; a saying of a company where everyone strives to rule. ...

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

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captain of the fleet
Is a temporary admiralty appointment; he is entitled to be considered as a flag-officer, and to a sh...

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captain of the head
Not a recognized rating, but an ordinary man appointed to attend to the swabs, and to keep the ship'...

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captain of the hold
The last of the captains in rank, as a first-class petty officer. ...

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captain of the port
The captain of the port is probably better explained by referring to that situation at Gibraltar. He...

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captain of a merchant ship
Is a certificated officer in the mercantile marine, intrusted with the entire charge of a ship, both...

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captain of a ship of war
Is the commanding officer; as well the post-captain (a title now disused) as those whose proper titl...

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