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Disturbance; perturbation. [R.] "Perturbance of the mind." Sharp.

n baptismal name for a man. The name of one of the apostles, Peter boat, a fishing boat, sharp at both ends, originally of the Baltic Sea, but now common in certain English rivers. -- Peter Funk, the auctioneer in a mock auction. [Cant, U.S.] -- Peter pence, or Peter's pence. (a) An annual tax or tribute, formerly pai…

The notions, doctrines, and conduct of the Pharisees, as a sect. Sharp.

A well-known musical instrument somewhat resembling the harpsichord, and consisting of a sreies of wires of graduated length, thickness, and tension, struck by hammers moved by keys. Dumb piano. See Digitorium. -- Grand piano. See under Grand. -- Square piano, one with a horizontal frame and an oblong case. -- Uprig…

One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple.

To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.

Pointed; sharp. "Picked and polished." Chapman. Let the stake be made picked at the top. Mortimer.

The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.

A miser; also, a sharper. Dr. H. More.

odpeckers of the genus Picumnus and allied genera. Their tail feathers are not stiff and sharp at the tips, as in ordinary woodpeckers.

An unsuspected victim of sharpers; a gull. [Slang] Blue pigeon (Zoöl.), an Australian passerine bird (Graucalus melanops); -- called also black-faced crow. -- Green pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons belonging to the family Treronidæ. -- Imperial pigeon (Zoöl.), any one of the large Asia…

Pian; pang. "Necessary's sharp pinch." Shak.

The sharp-tailed grouse of the great plains and Rocky Mountains (Pediocætes phasianellus); -- called also pintailed grouse, pintailed chicken, springtail, and sharptail.

ard (Trigla lyra), having a large head, with prominent nasal projection, and with large, sharp, opercular spines.

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote. "As piquant to the tongue as salt." Addison. "Piquant railleries." Gov. of Tongue.

ng was at its highest pitch. Addison. The exact pitch, or limits, where temperance ends. Sharp.

An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.

One who plays on an instrument of music. "A cunning player on a harp." 1 Sam. xvi. 16.

Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer.