If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be
contented with a rubber at cuffs.
Collier.
2. (Mus.) (a) The character [] used to indicate that the note before
which it is placed is to be raised a half step, or semitone, in pitch.
(b) A sharp tone or note. Shak.
3. A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly. [Prov.
Eng.] C. Kingsley.
4. A sewing needle having a very slender point; a needle of the most
pointed of the three grades, blunts, betweens, and sharps.