sharped, ppl. a.
(ʃɑːpt)
[f. sharp v. + -ed1.]
1. = sharpened ppl. a. 1. Now rare or Obs.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 294 Wiþ no scharpede schar to schape þe forwes. 1557 in Tottel's Misc. (Arb.) 145 He [Cupid] shot his sharped fiery dart. 1591 Spenser Ruines of Rome 16 Her haughtie walls..And sharped steeples high shot vp in ayre. |
2. Mus. Of a note: Raised in pitch, spec. raised a semitone by a sharp.
| 1746 Tansur New Mus. Gram. 23 All descending sharp'd Notes. |