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Oxygon :: Oxygon (n.) A triangle having three acute angles.

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

Quick-sighted :: Quick-sighted (a.) Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern.

Liripoop :: Liripoop (n.) Acuteness; smartness; also, a smart trick or stratagem..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

Acuteness :: Acuteness (n.) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis..

Ailment :: Ailment (n.) Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases.

Cold :: Cold (n.) Not sensitive; not acute.

Lynx-eyed :: Lynx-eyed (a.) Having acute sight.

Astay :: Astay (adv.) An anchor is said to be astay, when, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable..

Acute :: Acute (v. t.) To give an acute sound to; as, he acutes his rising inflection too much..

Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach..

Penetrative :: Penetrative (a.) Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom..

Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

High :: High (superl.) Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note..

Gravity :: Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone; -- opposed to acuteness.

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

Shrilly :: Shrilly (adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.

Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..

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