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

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..

Spiculate :: Spiculate (v. t.) To sharpen to a point.

Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..

Acuate :: Acuate (a.) Sharpened; sharp-pointed.

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..

Exacuate :: Exacuate (v. t.) To whet or sharpen.

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

Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make sharp.

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