Word Meanings - ARGUS-EYED - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted.
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- SHARPLY
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon. - SHARPER
A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester. Sharpers, as pikes, prey upon their own kind. L'Estrange. Syn. -- Swindler; cheat; deceiver; trickster; rogue. See Swindler. - SIGHTLY
1. Pleasing to the sight; comely. "Many brave, sightly horses." L'Estrange. 2. Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place. - SHARPIE
A long, sharp, flat-bottomed boat, with one or two masts carrying a triangular sail. They are often called Fair Haven sharpies, after the place on the coast of Connecticut where they originated. - OBSERVANTLY
In an observant manner. - SIGHT-HOLE
A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak. - WATCHFUL
Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful - SHARP-SET
Eager in appetite or desire of gratification; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as, an eagle or a lion sharp-set. The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope. - OBSERVANTINE
One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants. - SIGHTED
Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp- sighted, and the like. - SHARPNESS
The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. - SIGHTING
from Sight, v. t. Sighting shot, a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot. - SHARP-SIGHTED
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n. - SHARP-CUT
Cut sharply or definitely, or so as to make a clear, well- defined impression, as the lines of an engraved plate, and the like; clear-cut; hence, having great distinctness; well-defined; clear. - SIGHTLESS
1. Wanting sight; without sight; blind. Of all who blindly creep or sightless soar. Pope. 2. That can not be seen; invisible. The sightless couriers of the air. Shak. 3. Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains. Shak. - SHARPSAW
The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes. - SIGHT-SEER
One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities. - SIGHTFUL
Easily or clearly seen; distinctly visible; perspicuous. Testament of Love. - SIGHTPROOF
Undiscoverable to sight. Hidden in their own sightproof bush. Lowell. - SHARP
scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. Escarp, Scrape, 1. Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen. He dies - PEEP SIGHT
An adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech; -- distinguished from an open sight. - HALF-SIGHTED
Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon. - HIGH-SIGHTED
Looking upward; supercilious. Shak. - CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
Acute discernment. - DULL-SIGHTED
Having poor eyesight. - SHARPEN
To make sharp. Specifically: To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw. To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious. The air . . . sharpened his visual ray - SECOND-SIGHT
The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision. he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison. Nor less availed