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Definition of Sharp-set

1. Adjective. Extremely hungry. "Fell into the esurient embrance of a predatory enemy"

Definition of Sharp-set

1. Adjective. eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharp-set

Literary usage of Sharp-set

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New English and Italian Pronouncing and Explanatory Dictionary by John Millhouse, Ferdinando Bracciforti (1889)
"4. to retine, to parity by fire; to whet, point, sharp-set, sharpen; —arii, vrf. to become refined, purified Affinato. -a, a. refined, purified; ..."

2. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... of time 1 A SHARP SET.—The sexton of Salisbury Cathedral was telling Lamb that eight persons had dined together upon the top of the spire ; upon which ..."

3. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... famished, hungered, ravenous, sharp-set. Forsvar [n] defence; sige til — for say in defence of; til sit — in el. for his defence. Forsure [vt] embitter. ..."

4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... in cragged path ; Men of these hills, known by their speech and ensigns. When dukes of the Verona Gauls, their glaives' Sharp, set, unto those tawny ..."

5. The Companion: After-dinner Table-talk by Robert Conger Pell (1850)
"The dissertation is rather voluminous, perhaps you will think," said the Doctor, gravely, "but it is immensely important."—The Doctor. A SHARP SET. ..."

6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"The dinner waits; we snuff the smell ; And a' sharp set, we warrent lang In dashin' cn amang the kyel. ..."

7. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Basilius forced her to stay, though with much ado, she being sharp-set upon the fulfilling of a shrewd office, in overlooking ..."

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