He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point. Shak.

Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak.

The morning sharp and clear. Cowper.

In sharpest perils faithful proved. Keble.

To that place the sharp Athenian law
Can not pursue us. Shak.

Be thy words severe,
Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. Dryden.

Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want. Addison.

Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye(?) arrived at clear and distinct ideas. L. Watts.

A sharp assault already is begun. Dryden.

The necessity of being so sharp and exacting. Swift.

* Sharp is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc.

Sharp practice, the getting of an advantage, or the attempt to do so, by a tricky expedient. -- To brace sharp, or To sharp up (Naut.), to turn the yards to the most oblique position possible, that the ship may lie well up to the wind.

Syn. -- Keen; acute; piercing; penetrating; quick; sagacious; discerning; shrewd; witty; ingenious; sour; acid; tart; pungent; acrid; severe; poignant; biting; acrimonious; sarcastic; cutting; bitter; painful; afflictive; violent; harsh; fierce; ardent; fiery.

The head [of a spear] full sharp yground. Chaucer.

You bite so sharp at reasons. Shak.

Look sharp, attend; be alert. [Colloq.]

If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs. Collier.