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

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

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

Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..

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

Hone :: Hone (n.) 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..

Whittle :: Whittle (v. t.) To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate..

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..

Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become polished or sharpened by friction; as, glass grinds smooth; steel grinds to a sharp edge..

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

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to..

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..

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

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

Stonebird :: Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone..

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..

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..

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

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

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