What does sharp-set mean?

sharp-set

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Frequency: 4.45 in modern English

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"an eagle or a lion sharp-set"
"December 7, 1711, Henry Cromwell, letter to Alexander Pope The town is sharp-set on new plays."
""Are ye sharp-set?" he asked, glancing at about the level of my knee. "Ye can eat that drop parritch.""

more sharp-set (comparative) most sharp-set (superlative)

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