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

Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

Gunflint :: Gunflint (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps..

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..

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