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Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.

Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..

Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..

Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (v. i.) To grow or become sharp.

Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.

Acuation :: Acuation (n.) Act of sharpening.

Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..

Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

Crowbar :: Crowbar (n.) A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever..

Strop :: Strop (v. t.) To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor..

Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.

Whetter :: Whetter (n.) One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe..

Point :: Point (n.) To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar..

File :: File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..

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