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Keen
(kn), a.[Compar.Keener (-r); superl.Keenest.] [OE. kene sharp, bold, AS. cne bold; akin to D. koen, OHG. kuoni, G. khn, OSw. kyn, kn, Icel. knn, for knn wise; perh. akin to E. ken, can to be able. 45. ]
1. Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
Chaucer.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.
Shak.
2. Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen features.
To make our wits more keen.
Shak.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought.
Cowper.
3. Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging; severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen
To my keen curses.
Shak.
4. Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to cold, wind, etc.; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.
Goldsmith.
5. Eager; vehement; fierce; a
Keen
v. t.To sharpen; to make cold. [R.]
Cold winter keens the brightening flood.
Thomson.

Keen
n.[Ir. caoine.] A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach. [Ireland] Froude.

Keen
v. i.To wail as a keener does. [Ireland]



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