d and 3 longe hornes trenchant in the front, scharpe as a sword; and the body is sclender.

And the gentyles han schorte speres and large, and fulle trenchant on that o syde: and thei han plates and helmes, made of quyrboylle; and hire hors covertoures of the same.

Nothing could be more trenchant than his bland assumption of the point of view of the Jew-baiter, the hypocrite, or the slave-trader.

Is it trenchant to their swords?

The whisper was trenchant with meaning and thoroughly aroused Lenore.