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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-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

• 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

• 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.

• sharp stick

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

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• hauling sharp

  Going upon half allowance of food. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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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• jack-sharp-nails

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

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• sharp look-out before!

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

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