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Pungency :: Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia..

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring..

Prickle :: Prickle (n.) A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine..

Ting :: Ting (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling..

Attune :: Attune (v. t.) To tune or put in tune; to make melodious; to adjust, as one sound or musical instrument to another; as, to attune the voice to a harp..

Scold :: Scold (v. i.) To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant..

Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch; to elevate the tone of; especially, to raise a half step, or semitone, above the natural tone..

Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..

Acuminate :: Acuminate (v. t.) To render sharp or keen.

Striker :: Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner..

Acrimony :: Acrimony (n.) A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants..

Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..

Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A long, narrow, light boat, sharp at both ends, for fast rowing or sailing; esp., a racing boat rowed by one person with sculls..

Harped :: Harped (imp. & p. p.) of Har.

Jew''s-harp :: "Jew's-harp (n.) An instrument of music, which, when placed between the teeth, gives, by means of a bent metal tongue struck by the finger, a sound which is modulated by the breath; -- called also Jew's-trump..

Steel :: Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten..

Cat-harpin :: Cat-harpin (n.) See Cat-harping.

Strop :: Strop (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor..

Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip..

Thistly :: Thistly (a.) Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking.

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