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

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..

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

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

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

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 make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..

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

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

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..

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..

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

Quill :: Quill (n.) A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill..

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

Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To wear down, polish, or sharpen, by friction; to make smooth, sharp, or pointed; to whet, as a knife or drill; to rub against one another, as teeth, etc..

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

Whet :: Whet (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer..

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

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