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Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.

A sharp and rigid point.

To make pointed or sharp.

Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

A point; a sharp end.

To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.]

Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

r edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.

circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.

a dabber. A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.

ion by such a dapper little man. Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne.

ss; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light. Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. Shak.

missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.

An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." Byron. The bass of heaven's deep organ. Milton.

To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak.

One who desecrates; a profaner. Harper's Mag.

separate parts which make up such a tool. Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper, etc. -- The die is cast, the hazard must be run; the step is taken, and it is too late to draw back; the last chance is taken.

h) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade. Be first to dig the ground. Dryden.