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Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. Goldsmith.

A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

ng to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp.

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.

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

a 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.

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

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

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

d 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.

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.

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.