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

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

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of sharpening.

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

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..

Acuate :: Acuate (v. t.) To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

Sharpening :: Sharpening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpe.

Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..

Palisade :: Palisade (n.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense..

Scythestone :: Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.

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..

Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

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..

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

Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..

Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..

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

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

Hone :: Hone (v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor..

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