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Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. "The old paganish idolatry." Sharp

A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.

A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. "Run your beard into a peak." Beau. & Fl.

Having features thin or sharp, as from sickness; hence, sickly. [Colloq.]

A quick, sharp stroke, as with the beak of a bird or a pointed instrument.

he back and sides. The horns are black, long, slender, straight, nearly smooth, and very sharp. Called also rheeboc, and rehboc.

The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer. [Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]

Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] "Two peery gray eyes." Sir W. Scott.

Fig.: A writer, or his style; as, he has a sharp pen. "Those learned pens." Fuller.

Having power to enter or pierce; penetrating; sharp; subtile; as, penetrant cold. "Penetrant and powerful arguments." Boyle.

Having the power of entering, piercing, or pervading; sharp; subtile; penetrative; as, a penetrating odor.

Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. Walpole.

Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever. [R.] Harvey.

who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. "Perfunctory in his devotions." Sharp.

of a disparaging or offensive nature; personal remarks; as, indulgence in personalities. Sharp personalities were exchanged. Macaulay.

distant objects. Aërial perspective is the expression of space by any means whatsoever, sharpness of edge, vividness of color, etc. Ruskin.

Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.

The act of looking sharply. [Obs.] Bailey.