About The Word Hone
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Hone
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What's The Definition Of Hone?
[n] a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
[v] make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [v] sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife" Synonyms | Synonyms for Hone: perfect Related Terms | Find terms related to Hone: See Also | ameliorate | amend | better | brush up | improve | meliorate | optimise | optimize | polish | polish up | round | round off | set | sharpen | whetstone Hone In Webster's Dictionary \Hone\, v. i. [Etymology uncertain. [root]37.]
To pine; to lament; to long. --Lamb.
\Hone\, n. [Cf. Icel. h[=u]n a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek. \Hone\, n. [AS. h[=a]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. [,c][=a][.n]a, also [,c][=o], [,c]i, to sharpen, and E. cone. [root]38, 228.] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. --Tusser. {Hone slate}See {Polishing slate}. {Hone stone}, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See {Novaculite}. \Hone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[=o]nd); p]. pr. & vb. n. {Honing}.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. \Hone\, v. i. [Cf. F. honger to grumble.] To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.] |
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