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Notched on the edge, like a saw.

Covered with fine silky down.

Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.

Furnished with a shaft, or with shafts; as, a shafted arch.

Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.

Shallow-brained.

Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.

Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.

Having an acute or nicely discerning mind.

Disordered or wandering in intellect; hence, heedless; wild. J. Goodman.

Having little time to run from the date. "Thy short-dated life." Sandys.

Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.

Having a short waist.

Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.

Not able to see far; nearsighted; myopic. See Myopic, and Myopia.

Loaded with shot.

Planet-struck; blasted. [Obs.]

Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, and the like.

Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.

Stamped or marked with a signet.