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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..

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

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

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..

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..

Grindstone :: Grindstone (n.) A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects..

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..

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

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

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..

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