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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Sharp
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SH'ARP, a.
1. Having a very thin edge or a fine point keen acute not blunt. Thus we may say, a sharp knife, or a sharp needle. A sharp edge easily severs a substance a sharp point is easily made to penetrate,it.
2. Terminating in a point or edge not obtuse as, a hills terminates in a sharp peak, or a sharp ridge.
3. Forming an acute or too small angle at the ridge as a sharp roof.
4. Acute of mind quick to discern or distinguish penetrating ready at invention witty ingenious.
Nothing makes men sharper than want. Addison.
Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have not yet obtained clear ideas. Watts.
5. Being of quick or nice perception applied to the senses or organs of perception as a sharp eye sharp sight.
6. Affecting the organs of taste like fine points piercing penetrating shrill as sharp vinegar sharp tasted citrons.
7. Affecting the organs of hearing like sharp points poercing penetrating shrill as a sharp sound or voice a sharp not or tone opposed to a flat note or sound.
8. Severe harsh biting sarcastic as sharp words sharp rebuke.
-Be thy words severe,
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Sharp'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/sharp.html.
Entry for 'Sharp'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/sharp.html.