Sharp

sharp, a. Having a very thin edge or fine point; keen; terminating in a point or edge; peaked or ridged; affecting the senses, as if pointed or cutting; oiting; sour; pungent penetrating abrupt. Very trying to the feelings; cutting in language or import sarcastic severe eager in pursuit impatient for gratification; violent; impetuous; of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; not dull; keenly attentive to one's own interest; uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, as certain consonants; whispered; shrill; non-vocal. (Mus.) High in pitch; raised a semitone in pitch; so high as to be out of tune or above true pitch.— (Mus.) An acute sound; esp., a note raised a semitone above its proper pitch; the character [ft] which directs that a note be thus raised. A needle, of the most acute of the 3 grades. — v. [sharped (sharpt), sharping.] To make keen, acute, penetrating, etc. to sharpen. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; esp., to raise a semitone above the natural tone. [AS. scearp, D. scherp, G. scharf, sharp; L. scalpere, to cut, Gr. eve, term In, Ice Sdd, tone, 3r 545 SHASTER 52/ skorpios = E. scorpion, Skr. kripana, a sword, E. sculpture, scarf, *crip, scrap.] — Sharp'en, -n. f-ENED (-nd), -ening.] To make sharp; to give a keen edge or fine point to: to render more quick or acute in perception; to make more quick, acute, or ingenious; to make more pungent and painful; to make biting, sarcastic, or severe; to render le or more shrill or piercing; to make more tart, acid, or sour. (Mus.) To raise, as a sound by means of a sharp. — v. To grow or become sharp. — Sharp'er, n. A man shrewd in making bargains; swindler; cheat. — Sharp'ly, adv. — Sharp'ne , — Sharp'- set, a. Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous. shoot'er, n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactne ; a good marksman. -sight'ed, -sit'ed, a. Having quick or acute sight; of quick discernment or acute understanding. wit'- ted, a. Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. Shaater, shas'ter, -tra, -tra, n. A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; esp., a treatise containing religious instructions and precepts. [Hind, shas, to govern.]