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

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

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

Broach :: Broach (n.) An awl; a bodkin; also, a wooden rod or pin, sharpened at each end, used by thatchers..

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

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

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

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

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

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

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

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

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

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

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