a. [ A variant of pert, a. ] Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [ O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592). [ 1913 Webster ]
[supia-tou-su . sha-ku ; supia-tou-susha-ku](n) speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis, species of fresh water requiem shark from the western Pacific known only from the original description of 1839)[Add to Longdo]