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 ]