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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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.

Adj.

[sharp and set.]

1. Eager in appetite; affected by keen hunger; ravenous; as an eagle or a lion sharp-set.

2. Eager in the desire for gratification.

The town is sharp-set on new plays. Pope.

sharp-set ‎(comparative more sharp-set, superlative most sharp-set)

eager in appetite or desire of gratification; ravenous
an eagle or a lion sharp-set
- Alexander Pope
  The town is sharp-set on new plays.