Word Meanings - PAGANISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. "The old paganish idolatry." Sharp
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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. - IDOLATRY
L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. Milton. 2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love - PAGANISH
Of or pertaining to pagans; heathenish. "The old paganish idolatry." Sharp - 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. - HEATHENISHNESS
The state or quality of being heathenish. "The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks." Prynne. - 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. - 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. - HEATHENISH
1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. "Worse than heathenish crimes." Milton. 2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South. 3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living. - SHARPNESS
The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - SHARP-SIGHTED
Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n. - HEATHENISHLY
In a heathenish manner. - 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. - SHARPSAW
The great titmouse; -- so called from its harsh call notes. - 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 - 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 - SHARPSHOOTING
A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument. - SHARP-WITTED
Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. - SHARPSHOOTER
One skilled in shooting at an object with exactness; a good marksman. - SHARPTAIL
The pintail duck. The pintail grouse, or prairie chicken.