Having a thin cutting edge or a fine point.
Of an image, clearly defined; distinct. → sharp image.
Etymology (EN): M.E.; O.E. scearp “cutting, keen, sharp;” cf. Du. scherp,
Ger. scharf “sharp;” PIE base *(s)ker- “to cut.”
Etymology (PE): Tiz “sharp,” variants tež, tej, tij, tiq, tik, tig;
Mid.Pers. tigr, têz, têž “sharp;” O.Pers. tigra- “pointed,”
tigra.xauda- “pointed helmet (epithet of Scythians);”
Av. tiγra- “pointed,” tiγray- “arrow,”
tiži.arštay- “with the pointed spear;”
cf. Skt. tikta- “sharp, pungent, bitter,” tejas- “sharpness, edge,
point or top of a flame;” PIE base *st(e)ig- “to stick; pointed.” Cognates in
other IE languages: Gk. stizein “to prick, puncture,” stigma
“mark made by a pointed instrument;” L. in-stigare “to goad;”
O.H.G. stehhan; Ger. stechen “to stab, prick;” Du. stecken;
O.E. sticca “rod, twig, spoon;” E. stick.
