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Show much beholden, and therefore rewarded them wit 1t is fo much the firmer, by how much b oade fuch fbarp payment Temple the bottom, and fharper the top And untaught Indian, on the ftream did glide By faith and faithful works Or fin-iike oars did {pread from c.ithcr fi:lc. Dr_yz:[un me in love with a cloak, and verfe for verfe wit ‘the fparpeft witted lover in Arcadia Sidney It we had nought but fenfe, each living wight Which we call brute, would be more fharp tha we Dawies Sharp to the world, but thoughtlefs of renown "They plot not on the ftage, but on the town. Dryd is nothin their hand make 11 12 in its inner coat, to fence it againft the fbarp air Ray 5. Sour without aftringency ; four, but no Nor here the fun's meridian rays had pow'r auftere ; acid Nor wind fbarp picrcing, nor the rufhing fhow'r The verdant arch fo clofe its texture kept Pope's Odyffey 14 They drink deceiv'd, and fo decgiy'd they live the fame word, as fweetand /barp are applied to th Watts voice th Jharpeft that can be urged 15, [Among workmen. Severe ; harfh ; biting ; farcaftick one while courteous, but within a fmall time afte are fo fupercilious, barp, troublefome, fierce, an exceptious, that they are not only thort of the tru charaéter of friendthip, but become the very fore and burdens of fociety South Ceafe contention : be thy words fevere Sharp as he merits ; but the fword forbear. Dryd 8. Severe quic verely rigid to punifh cruel fe The:e, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee And to that place the fbarp Athenian la Cannot purfue us Shakefprare 9. Eager hungry; keen upon a queft My faulcon now is fbarp and pafling empty And, till fhe ftoop, the muft not be full gorg'd For then fhe never looks upon her lure The fbarp defire I ha Of tafting 1 Shakefp Milton Painful ; aflitive That fhe may fee How fharper than a ferpent's tooth it is To have a thanklefs child Shakefp. King Lear He caafed his father's friends to be cruelly tor tured § grieving to fee them live to whom he was f Digly Hard Moxon's Mechanical Exercifes Emaciated ; lean 16 His vifage drawn he felt to fbarp and fpare. i/ Saarp. z [ [from the adjective. 1. A fharp or acute found pier pointed weapon ; fmal Low word fword ra If butchers had but the manners to go t Jharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs Collier ZoSuarp. v, a. [fro make keen the noun. T Whom the whetftone fharps to eat They cry, milftones are good meat. Ben Fonfon 7o SuarPp. v,z [from the noun. play thievifh tricks T I live upon what's my own; whereas your fean dalous life is only cheating or fBarping one half o the year, and ftarving the other L' Eftrange 7o SHA'RPEN, w. a. [from fharp. 1. To make keen; toedge; to point The wealker their helps are, the more their nee is to fharpen the edge of their own induftry. Hooker Th Ifraclites went dow to th Philiftines, t Jharpen every man his fhare and his coulter 1 Samuel, xiii. 20 His fevere wrath fhall he fbarpen fora fword Wifdoms v. 20 The grating of a faw, when fharpen'd, oftends f much,as it fetteth the teeth on edge Bacon. "The fquadron bright, fbarp'ning in mooned horn Their phalanx H Alcham To obje&ts diftant far Miltn 4. To make eager or hungry Epicurean cooks Sharpen with cloylefs fauce his appetite Shaps Such an affurance as will fbarpen men's defire and quicken their endeavours for obtaining a lefla' guUn?,A ought to .iufpir 5 men with more vigoar i pusfuit of what is greater Tillotfom To make fierce or angry Mine enemy fharpeneth his eyes upon me E Joby xivg 6. To make biting, farcaftick, or fevere My haughty foul would fwell 7 Sharpen each word, and threaten in my eyes, Smith T mak lefs flat, mor the ears piercing t Enclofures not only preferve found, but increal an /Z‘m'/‘)e it Bacmw' 8. To make four SHA'RPER. 7. /. [from fharp.] A trick ing fellow; a petty thief; arafcal, |, *%* Shaipersy as pikes, prey upon their own kind < L'Eftrange He fhould retrench what he loft to fharpers, an fpent upon puppet-plays, to apply it to that ufe Milton It may contribute to his mifery, heighten th anguifh, and fbarpen the fing of confcicnce, an Arbuthast I only wear it in a land of He&tors Thieves, fupercargoes, fharpers, and directors, Pop Sma'RPLY 1. Wit @dv [from fharp. keennefs ; with good edge'o point 2. Severely ; rigoroufly ; roughly It is the lark that fings fo out of tune Straining harfh difcords and unpleafing fbarps Shake[peare 2 If he fhould intend his voyage towards m wife, I would turn her loofe to him; and-what h gets more of her than fbarp words, let it lie on m head Shakefpeare How often may we meet with thofe who ar o They make ufe of the jbarpeft fand, that bein beft for mortar to lay bricks and tiles in apper end of the windpipe is endued with fevera cartilages to contract or dilate it, as we would hav ourvoice flat or fharp Ray 7 acute which found experience plainly delivereth, they are overweighed Hovker The inftances you mention are the ftrongeft an Different fimple ideas are fometimes exprefied b In whiftling you contra& the mouth, and, t make it more /barp, men ufe their finger Bacon's Natural Hiftory Let one whiftle at the one end of a trunk, an hold your ear at the other, and the found ftrikes f JfParp, as you can fcarce endure it Bacon witty applaule; but being laid in the balance with tha Dryden flat nice Sharp and fubtile difcourfes procure very grea Shkarp tafted citrons Median climes produce 6. Shrill ; piercing the ear with a quic Subtile things Spenfer of th Acrid ; biting ; pinching ; piercing The windpipe is continually moiftened with glutinous humour, ifiuing out of fmall glandule Dryden various modulatio Dryd as the cold But reafon I through love's falfe opticks view So we, if children young difeas'd we find Anoint with fweets the veficl's foremoft parts ‘I'o make then talte the potions fharp we give lifei in the end. 3. To make quicker of fenfe Th' air fparpen'd his vifual ra Is a man bound to look out fharp to plague himfelf, and to take care that Le flips no opportunity of being unhappy Collier A clergyman, eftablithed in a competent living is not under the neceflity of being fo /barp and exacting Savift So the beft foul, with her refle€ting thought Sees not herfelf without fome light divine. Dawies To fbarp eyed reafon this would feem untrue th bring greateft learning, beft manners, or hapy; ‘ Attentive ; vigilant 13 Except the fun-beams in the air do fhine Overmuch quicknefs of wit, either SEVen! nature, or fharpened by ftudy, doth not commop Milton And fomewhat floating from afar deferies As the fbarpeft eye difcerneth nought 2. To make quick, ingenious, of-ciite. Sharp at her utmott ken fhe caft her eyes 4. Quick, as of fight or hearing Fo fiery Dryden Addifon on Italy Many other things belong to the material world wherein the fbarpeft philofophers have never ye arrived at clear and diftinét ideas Watts objeéts of hearing and tafting ardent A fbarp affault already is begun Their murdering guns play ficrcely on the walls than want Bitter the rind, but generous is the juice Tillotfon Their piety feign' In fharp conteft of battle found no aid men fbarper, and fet and wits more at work noife ; no Fierce Sharpens the darts of love and blows the fin". D Ere ten moons had fharpen'd eit er hom. To crown their blifs, a lovely bo b r Dryd Her nails are fharpen'd into ointed ola\t:toé-paAy e '13‘ir fi Her hands bear half her weight, ang tur Mi/t. Paradife Loff this fentence flame refleét upon the abufe of weaFth a de;;fl;ee‘;kq' l No: 'tis refiftance that infla es defirel' i It is a very fmall comfort that a plain man lying under a fparp fit of the ftone, receives fro 3. Acute of mind; witty ; ingenious ; inventive mak Knolles Tried in fbarp tribulation, and refin' Ere fburp keel'd boats to ftem the flood did learn Now as fine in his apparel as if he woul fo add fury to theeverlafin Death become His final remedy ; and after lif In fhipping fuch as this the Irifh kern "Ther SH S E s H They are more fharply to be chaftifed and reformed than the rude Itifh, which, being very wi Sperfer at the firft, are now become more civil 3. Keenly ; acutely ; vigorouily The min and memory are more farply exer cifed in comprehending another man's things than Ben Fonfim our own 4. Afflictively ; painfully At the arrival of the Englifh ambaffadors t foldiers were fharply affailed with wants. Hay‘wflfd, 5. With quicknefs Yo contraé you would fee your eye whe Sharply 5 and ere& your ear when you would hc'..'t attentively 6. Judicioufly ; acutely ; wittily Sua'repness. n. /. [from fbarp. 1. Keennefs of edge or point Bacan Palladius neither fuffering us nor himfelf take in hand the party till the afternoon; th" we were to fight in troops, not differing otherwile ' from earneft, but that the fparpnefs of the we?P""‘. was taken away Su{fl% A fecond glance came gliding like the firft And he who faw the fparpnefs of the dart Without defence receiv'd it in his heart D LEsii 2. Not obtufenefs Force confifteth in the roundings and ralfingsl: the work according as the limbs do mo:e oF 1a require it ; fo as the beholder fhall fpy nofl;;'al"m in the bordering lines 3. Sournefs without aufterenefs Ther is a fbarpnefs in vinegar, and t ef' b v L di Jparprefsin pain, in forsow, and i reproac re ther |
