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The quality or state of being sharp-sighted. sharp-tail, s. [SHARP-TAIL GROUSE.] sharp-tailed grouse, s. Ornith.: A popular name for Pediœcetes phasianellus and the variety columbia nus , which latter is also called the Columbia Sharp-tail. [PINNATED GROUSE.] "According to Dr. Suckley, the Sharp -tailed Grouse entirely replaces the Pinnated Grouse in Washington Territory."-Baird, Brewer & Ridgway : North American Birds , iii. 437. *sharp-tasted, a. Having a sharp, acid, sour, or bitter taste. "Sharp- tasted citrons Median climes produce." Dryden: Virgil ; Georgics, ii. 175. *sharp-toothed, a. Having sharp teeth; hence, bitter, cruel, biting. "Sharp-tooth'd unkindne ."-Shakesp.: Lear , ii. 4. *sharp-visaged, a. Having a sharp, thin, or lean face. "The Welch that inhabit the mountains are commonly sharp-visaged." -Hale: Orig. of Mankind. sharp-witted, adj. Having a sharp, acute, or keen wit, judgment, or discernment. "O lord, said Musidorus, how sharp - witted you are to hurt your self; No, answered he (Pyrocles), but it is the hurt you speak of, which makes me so sharp - witted ."Sidney: Arcadia , bk. i. *sharp, *sharpe, v . t . & i. [SHARP, a.] A. Transitive : 1. To make sharp or keen; to sharpen. "Whom the whetstone sharps to eat, And cry millstones are good meat." Ben Jonson: Love's Welcome at Welbeck . 2. To make keen, to sharpen, to quicken. "To sharpe my sense with sundry beauties vew." Spenser: To the Ladies of the Court. 3. To mark with a sharp, in musical composition, or to raise a note a semitone. B. In trans.: To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. "Cheating or sharping one-half of the year."-L'Es trange: Fables. *sharped, a . [Eng. sharp ; -ed.] Sharp, pointed. "Sharped steeples high shot up in ayre." Spenser: Ruins of Rome, ii. sharp-en, v . t. & i. [Eng. sharp; -en.] A. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language : 1. To make sharp or keen; to give a sharp or keen edge or point to; to edge, to point. "The Israeli tes went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share and his coulter."-1 Samuel xiii. 20. 2. To make more eager or active; to excite. "The weaker their helps are, the more their need is to sharpen the edge of their own industry.' -Hooker: Eccles, Polity. 3. To make more quick, acute, or ingenious. "Overmuch quickne of wit, either given by nature, or sharpened by study, doth not commonly bring greatest learning, best manners, or happiest life in the end." Ascham: Schoolmaster . IMG:content-1317.png:[blocks in formation] 9. To make more shrill or acute. II. Music : To apply a sharp to; to raise, as a note, by means of a sharp. *B. In trans.: To grow or become more sharp. "Now she sharpens : well said, whetstone." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, v. 2. sharp-er, s . [Eng. sharp , v.; -er.] One who is sharp or shrewd in bargaining; a tricky fellow, a swindler, a cheat. "In his youth he had been one of the most noted sharpers and bullies of London." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xi. shar-ple, s . [SHARP, a .] Naut .: A long, sharp, flat-bottomed sailing boat. sharp-ling, sharp-lin, subst. [Eng. sharp , a.; -ling.] The stickleback. (Prov.) IMG:content-1318.png:[blocks in formation] shatter sharp-lý, *sharp-lie, adv. [ Eng.sharp, a.: -ly.] 1. In a sharp manner; with a sharp or keen edge or point. "He tooke an arrow full sharpely whet." Romaunt of the Rose. 2. Abruptly, steeply; as, A hill rises sharply. 3. Severely, rigorously; with sharp language. "Rebuke them sharply." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, i. 13. 4. Violently, vehemently, fiercely; as, They were sharply attacked. 5. With a sharp, clear, or acute sound. IMG:content-1319.png:[blocks in formation] "The sharpne of the air, and gloomine of the weather, for two or three days past, seemed to indicate some sudden change."-Cook: Third Voyage , bk. iv., ch. ix. 4. Eagerne of desire or pursuit; keenne of appetite, as for food, . 5. Acutene of intellect; power of nice discernment; quickne of understanding. "Till Arianism had inade it a matter of great sharpne and subtilty of wit to be a sound believing Christian, men were not curious what syllables or particles of speech they used."-Hooker: Eccles. Polity. 6. Quickne of sense or perception; as, sharpne of sight. 7. Severity of language; sarcasm, pungency. "There's gold for thee; Thou must not take my former sharpne ill, I will employ thee back again." Shakesp.: Antony and Cleopatra , iii. 8. 8. Acidity, pungency; as, the sharpne of vinegar. 9. Keenne or shrewdne in transacting busine or exacting one's own dues; equivocal honesty; sharp practices. "Here and there, by sharpne and cunning, men rise into wealth."-Scribner's Mag., Dec., 1878, p. 296. shăs-tër, shăs'-tra, 8. [Mahratta, . shastra; Sansc. shástr a.] Brahmanism : That by which faith and practice are governed, an institute of letters, law, or religion considered as of divine authority. Used of the Vedas and other books of the Brahmanic script ures.