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Sharp :: Sharp (v. t.) To sharpen.

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

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

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 render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

Harpoon :: Harpoon (n.) A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun..

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

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