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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHARP-SET

a.[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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHARP-SET

SHARP-SET Sharp "-set `, a.

Defn: 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.

New American Oxford Dictionary

sharp-set

sharp-set ▶adjective dated very hungry.

Oxford Dictionary

sharp-set

sharp-set ▶adjective dated very hungry.