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The point or extremity of anything; a pointed or somewhat sharply rounded end; the end; as, the tip of the finger; the tip of a spear. To the very tip of the nose. Shak.

To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.] Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. Shak. Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire upon the hearts of generous spirits. B. Jonson.

e. [Colloq.] The prey of ring droppers, . . . duffers, touters, or any of those bloodless sharpers who are, perhaps, better known to the police. Dickens.

Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. Bacon.

Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was the blade." Chaucer.

In a trenchant, or sharp, manner; sharply; severely.

n. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.

A sharp blow; a thump. [Prov. Eng. or Colloq. U. S.]

A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles. -- Turtle pegging.

To cause to make a sharp twanging sound; to twang, or twangle. Addison.

A sharp pinch or jerk; a twist or twitch; as, a tweak of the nose. Swift.

To affect with a sharp, sudden pain; to torment with pinching or sharp pains. The gnat . . . twinged him [the lion] till he made him tear himself, and so mastered him. L'Estrange.

The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.

Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.

e genera Desmodus and Diphylla. These bats are destitute of molar teeth, but have strong, sharp cutting incisors with which they make punctured wounds from which they suck the blood of horses, cattle, and other animals, as well as man, chiefly during sleep. They have a cæcal appendage to the stomach, in which the blood…

To convert into vinegar; to make like vinegar; to render sour or sharp. [Obs.] Hoping that he hath vinegared his senses As he was bid. B. Jonson.

(Chauliodus Sloanii). It has long ventral and dorsal fins, a large mouth, and very long, sharp teeth. -- Viper's bugloss (Bot.), a rough-leaved biennial herb (Echium vulgare) having showy purplish blue flowers. It is sometimes cultivated, but has become a pestilent weed in fields from New York to Virginia. Also calle…

ht; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve. The air, Nowhere so clear, sharpened his visual ray. Milton.

glike quality, having for each finger key a pair of pipes, of which one is tuned slightly sharp to give a wavy effect to their joint tone.

A sharp or uneven edge on a board that is cut from a log not perfectly squared, or that is made in the process of squaring. See Wany, a.