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Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to..

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

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 (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..

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..

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

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

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make biting, sarcastic, or severe..

Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

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

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

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

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..

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

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 make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..

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..

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..

Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..

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

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