sharp-set

[ shahrp-set ]

/ ˈʃɑrpˌsɛt /

adjective

eager to satisfy the appetite, especially for food.

keen or eager.

set to present a sharply angled edge.

Nearby words

sharp-edged, sharp-eyed, sharp-focus realism, sharp-freeze, sharp-nosed, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk, sharp-sighted, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tailed sparrow, sharp-tongued

Origin of sharp-set

First recorded in 1530–40

Related forms

sharp-set·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for sharp-set

Well, when you are sharp-set, and you eat and satisfy yourself, everything looks pretty different from what it done before.
Tom Sawyer Abroad|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Oh, Noel, stinging memory is more merciless than sharp-set hair shirts that fret the flesh.
A Speckled Bird|Augusta J. Evans Wilson
I do not think Thus dry and meagre Erisicthon show'd, When pinc'ed by sharp-set famine to the quick.
The Vision of Purgatory, Complete|Dante Alighieri
Ye see, I wasna that sharp-set the day, sae I had jist a mou'fu' o' breid and cheese.
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald

"Gentlemen, pray Heaven you are all too sharp-set to be dainty," said the knight, evading his wife's question.
The Life Of Sir John Falstaff|Robert B. Brough

British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set

sharp-set

adjective

set to give an acute cutting angle

keenly hungry

keen or eager

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sharp-set

adjective

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Origin of sharp-set

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British Dictionary definitions for sharp-set

sharp-set

adjective