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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..

Keen :: Keen (v. t.) To sharpen; to make cold.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..

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

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

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

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

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..

Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

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..

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..

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

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

Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..

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