Word Meanings - TURTLEPEG - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A sharp steel spear attached to a cord, used in taking sea turtles. -- Turtle pegging.

• Sharpen
  To make sharp.
• Spearer
  One who uses a spear; as, a spearer of fish.
• Turtle-shell
  The turtle cowrie.
• Sharper
  A person who bargains closely, especially, one who cheats in bargains; a swinder; also, a cheating gamester.
• Spearfish
  A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
• Steelyard
  A form of balance in which the body to be weighed is suspended from the shorter arm of a lever, which turns on a fulcrum, and a counterpoise is caused to slide upon the longer arm to produce equilibrium, its place upon this arm (which is notched o
• SHARPCUT
  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.
• Attached
  of Attach
• 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.
• Spearhead
  The pointed head, or end, of a spear.
• SHARPSET
  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.
• Attaching
  of Attach
• Sharpling
  A stickleback.
• Spearmen
  of Spearman
• Takend
  of Take
• SHARPSIGHTED
  Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.
• Sharply
  In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

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