Sharping

Also, she did some sharping, which is a tradition in Northern Europe. ❋ JAY NORDLINGER (2008)

The Germans have carried the flatting and sharping of tones to a logical conclusion in their present nomenclature, for by "sharping" the sound of a single letter it is raised a semitone from its normal diapason, thus F becomes ❋ Edward MacDowell (1884)

I learned that sharping my nonverbal communication skills were crucial to the patient as well as my career. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A group of warm gas uprushing, ten fingers more and more red, hands temperature was sharping up, then a group of haze with wind of electroric and thunder rain had out, electric stone touching on fire that soon spread up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It looks like it ` s sharping up to be a bad week for the white wing wrong side cult party of no. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was not to know that Moran, after retiring from the Indian Army, had turned his uncanny marksmanship to account by becoming a professional assassin in the employ of Holmes's arch-enemy, Professor Moriarty, or that the Colonel eked out his contract fees by card-sharping, as in the case of Stanger and Adair. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Paul had been a clever "confidence artist" when Cameron first encountered him, alternating his time between parting fools from their money by sheer persuasion and by card-sharping. ❋ Ryn Cricket (2010)

As Prince of Wales, first gentleman of Europe (God help us), he was the bright particular star and pack leader of the genteel rabble assembled at Tranby Croft, Yorks, for the Doncaster races, and knew perfectly well that any serious breach of polite behaviour by a fellow guest, such as card-sharping, was bound to land on his mat. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Palliadan has already drawn his line in the sand and is sharping his sword for the next time he sees Zachery Paul Sire. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

He did it so that Sam would go back to hunting, and sharping his skills to become the leader of the demon army. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The four seneschals with their palfrey to be there now, all balaaming in their sellaboutes and sharping up their penisills. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He is a lame duck meeting with children while Al Qaeda was sharping their knives. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Shubbs are small, so they have minimal bulk to avoid visual distraction and problems with bumping into them, they're adjustable to the thickness of the neck the Keysers I worry about putting too much force and sharping the capod notes, and you can take the padded bumper and trim it short for partial capoing of only some strings if you desire. ❋ Badger (2003)

M. Craon was in disgrace with the Duke, who was about to dismiss him as a rascal, for having practised a sharping trick at play; but, as he is a cunning fellow, he perceived the Duke's love for M.demoiselle de Ligneville, although he pretended to make a great mystery of it. ❋ D'Orleans, Charlotte -Elisabeth, Duchesse (2001)

If the fat man were less drunk and less recently rich from sharping his companion, he would have held his tongue in the presence of any representative of Ariakas's army. ❋ Weis, Margaret (1996)

Y 'see, being shut off from card-sharping, he was up against it, and so took to pot-hunting to get along. ❋ Unknown (1995)

In my time I've played nap in the Australian diggings with gold-dust stakes, held a blackjack bank on a South Sea trader, and been in a poker game in a Dodge City livery stable with the pistols down on the blanket -- and I've met less sharping in all of 'em put together than you'd find in one evening in a London club. ❋ Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- (1970)