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Keen :: Keen (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) Sharpness; readiness of fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.

Keenness :: Keenness (n.) The quality or state of being keen.

Pungency :: Pungency (n.) The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia..

Keenly :: Keenly (adv.) In a keen manner.

Eager :: Eager (a.) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe.

Keener :: Keener (n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.

Rebate :: Rebate (v. t.) To beat to obtuseness; to deprive of keenness; to blunt; to turn back the point of, as a lance used for exercise..

Satire :: Satire (a.) A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal..

Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage..

Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.

Perspicacious :: Perspicacious (a.) Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.

Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..

Nankeen :: Nankeen (n.) Trousers made of nankeen.

Damask :: Damask (v. t.) To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or water, as metal. See Damaskeen..

Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..

Damaskeen :: Damaskeen (v.) Alt. of Damaske.

Damascene :: Damascene (v. t.) Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t..

Exasperation :: Exasperation (n.) The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.

Hanker :: Hanker (v. i.) To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town..

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