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Sting :: Sting (v. t.) To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound..

Insensitive :: Insensitive (a.) Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility..

Brightness :: Brightness (n.) Acuteness (of the faculties); sharpness 9wit.

Oxytone :: Oxytone (n.) An acute sound.

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

Oxyopy :: Oxyopy (n.) Excessive acuteness of sight.

Incisive :: Incisive (a.) Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting..

Neuralgia :: Neuralgia (n.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion..

Clear :: Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious..

Quick-scented :: Quick-scented (a.) Acute of smell.

Clear-sightedness :: Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Of keen perception; quick to discern or distinguish; having nice discrimination; acute; penetrating; sagacious; clever; as, a sharp eye; sharp sight, hearing, or judgment..

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Hoe :: Hoe (n.) A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having an eye or tang by which it is attached to a wooden handle at an acute angle..

Perspicacious :: Perspicacious (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

Bloodhound :: Bloodhound (n.) A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff..

Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..

Tone :: Tone (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone..

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