Shark

shark, n. (Ichih.) A large, voracious, cartilagi- White Shark. nous fish of many species, having a long, round body, tapering from the head, the surface set with minute o eous granules in place of scales, and the gill-openings placed upon the sides of the neck: the mouth is set with succe ive rows of sharp teeth. A rapacious, artful fellow; a sharper, —v. [sharked (sharkt), sharking.] To pick up hastily, slyly, or in small quantities.quantities. — — v.v. ToTo play play the the petty petty thief, swindle; to live by by shifts shifts and and stratagems.stratagems. (Te[Perh. fr. L. car charm, Gr. karcharias, a dog-fish, shark, karcharos, jagged, referring to teeth or perh. fr. D. schrok, a glutton, schrokken, to devour greedily, G. schurke, a rogue, knave, shark.]— Shark'er, One who lives by sharking. — Shark'-ray, A fish of several species, having character is ties of the shark and the ray; esp. the angel-fish.