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n. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Unharmonious; discordant. [ Obs. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of harmony; discord; incongruity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A disharmony in the different impulses that constitute it [ our nature ]. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A breastplow used in paring off turf on downs. [ Eng. ] Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

or . Stocks or shares of the granger railroads. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. a large shark (Carcharodon carcharias, class Chondrichtyes) usually found in warm seas. When young it is bluish but it becomes white with age. It grows to over 15 feet in length and is feared as a man-eater. Also called white shark and great white. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A powerful and fierce mackerel shark of the Atlantic and Pacific, of the family Lamidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A term applied to sharks that attack humans, especially the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), a large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas.
Syn. -- great white shark, white shark, man-eater, Carcharodon carcharias. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. The share of a plow, or that part which cuts the slice of earth or sod at the bottom of the furrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plowshare bone (Anat.), the pygostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A potsherd. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant; chard. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. sceard, properly a p. p. from the root of scearn to shear, to cut; akin to D. schaard a fragment, G. scharte a notch, Icel. skarð. See Shear, and cf. Sherd. ] [ Written also sheard, and sherd. ] 1. A piece or fragment of an earthen vessel, or a like brittle substance, as the shell of an egg or snail. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The precious dish
Broke into shards of beauty on the board. E. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The hard wing case of a beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are his shards, and he their beetle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A gap in a fence. [ Obs. ] Stanyhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A boundary; a division. [ Obs. & R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. “The shard-borne beetle.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having elytra, as a beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having, or consisting of, shards. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have part; to receive a portion; to partake, enjoy, or suffer with others. [ 1913 Webster ]

A right of inheritance gave every one a title to share in the goods of his father. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. schar, AS. scear; akin to OHG. scaro, G. schar, pflugshar, and E. shear, v. See Shear. ] 1. The part (usually an iron or steel plate) of a plow which cuts the ground at the bottom of a furrow; a plowshare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part which opens the ground for the reception of the seed, in a machine for sowing seed. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. share, AS. scearu, scaru, fr. sceran to shear, cut. See Shear, v. ] 1. A certain quantity; a portion; a part; a division; as, a small share of prudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the part allotted or belonging to one, of any property or interest owned by a number; a portion among others; an apportioned lot; an allotment; a dividend. “My share of fame.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, one of a certain number of equal portions into which any property or invested capital is divided; as, a ship owned in ten shares. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The pubes; the sharebone. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

To go shares, to partake; to be equally concerned. --
Share and share alike, in equal shares. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Shared p. pr. & vb. n. Sharing. ] 1. To part among two or more; to distribute in portions; to divide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppose I share my fortune equally between my children and a stranger. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To partake of, use, or experience, with others; to have a portion of; to take and possess in common; as, to share a shelter with another. [ 1913 Webster ]

While avarice and rapine share the land. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The shared visage hangs on equal sides. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of the plow to which the share is attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The pubic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A broker who deals in railway or other shares and securities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A farmer who rents a parcel of land from its owner and pays a portion of the crop as the rent. [ PJC ]

n. One who holds or owns a share or shares in a joint fund or property. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shares; a participator; a partaker; also, a divider; a distributer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A composite plant (Aster Tripolium) growing along the seacoast of Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of Carcharodon carcharias. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the coast of the United States of moderate size and not dangerous. It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a “smaller blue shark (C. caudatus)”, but this species could not be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002). The following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks:
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Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks
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from “Our Living Oceans 1995” (published by the National Printing Office):
NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, https://web.archive.org/web/20170513162849/http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm.

(the following list is found at at https://web.archive.org/web/20010614193559/http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf)
(1) Pelagic Sharks

Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus)
Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus)
Sevengill shark (Heptrachias perlo)
Sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus)
Bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus)
Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Longfin mako (Isurus paucus)
Porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Blue shark (Prionace glauca)

(2)Large Coastal Sharks

Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi)
Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)
Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus)
Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)
Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus)
White shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
Ragged-tooth shark (Odontaspis ferox)
Whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)

(3) Small Coastal Sharks

Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon)
Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus)
Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae)
Caribbean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus)
Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril)
[ PJC ]

2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Basking shark,
Liver shark,
Nurse shark,
Oil shark,
Sand shark,
Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. --
Gray shark, the sand shark. --
Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. --
Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont. --
Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. --
Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel. --
Thrasher shark or
Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. --
Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. shark, n., or perhaps related to E. shear (as hearken to hear), and originally meaning, to clip off. Cf. Shirk. ] To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sharked p. pr. & vb. n. Sharking. ] 1. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning. Bp. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To live by shifts and stratagems. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives by sharking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Petty rapine; trick; also, seeking a livelihood by shifts and dishonest devices. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An East Indian coin of the value of 121/2 pence sterling, or about 25 cents. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sharper superl. Sharpest. ] [ OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. Escarp, Scrape, Scorpion. ] 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dies upon my scimeter's sharp point. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded; somewhat pointed or edged; peaked or ridged; as, a sharp hill; sharp features. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mus.) (a) High in pitch; acute; as, a sharp note or tone. (b) Raised a semitone in pitch; as, C sharp (C♯), which is a half step, or semitone, higher than C. (c) So high as to be out of tune, or above true pitch; as, the tone is sharp; that instrument is sharp. Opposed in all these senses to flat. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Very trying to the feelings; piercing; keen; severe; painful; distressing; as, sharp pain, weather; a sharp and frosty air. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The morning sharp and clear. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sharpest perils faithful proved. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Cutting in language or import; biting; sarcastic; cruel; harsh; rigorous; severe; as, a sharp rebuke. “That sharp look.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To that place the sharp Athenian law
Can not pursue us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be thy words severe,
Sharp as merits but the sword forbear. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing makes men sharper . . . than want. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many other things belong to the material world, wherein the sharpest philosophers have never ye&unr_; arrived at clear and distinct ideas. L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Eager in pursuit; keen in quest; impatient for gratification; keen; as, a sharp appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous. “In sharp contest of battle.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sharp assault already is begun. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interest; close and exact in dealing; shrewd; as, a sharp dealer; a sharp customer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The necessity of being so sharp and exacting. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty; as, sharp sand. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. Steep; precipitous; abrupt; as, a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

13. (Phonetics) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone, without voice, as certain consonants, such as p, k, t, f; surd; nonvocal; aspirated. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sharp is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sharp-cornered, sharp-edged, sharp-pointed, sharp-tasted, sharp-visaged, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The head [ of a spear ] full sharp yground. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

You bite so sharp at reasons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Precisely; exactly; as, we shall start at ten o'clock sharp. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Look sharp, attend; be alert. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sharp tool or weapon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) (a) The character [ ♯ ] used to indicate that the note before which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch. (b) A sharp tone or note. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. [ Prov. Eng. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. Same as Middlings, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. An expert. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sharped p. pr. & vb. n. Sharping. ] 1. To sharpen. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To sing above the proper pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well-defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sarpened p. pr. & vb. n. Sharpening. ] [ See Sharp, a. ] To make sharp. Specifically: (a) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. (b) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The air . . . sharpened his visual ray
To objects distant far. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease. (e) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe. “Sharpen each word.” E. Smith. (f) To render more shrill or piercing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclosures not only preserve sound, but increase and sharpen it. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

(g) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar. (h) (Mus.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow or become sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A stickleback. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sharp manner, ; keenly; acutely. [ 1913 Webster ]

They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scearpness. ] The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman. [ 1913 Webster ]