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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..

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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