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

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

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

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

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

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..

Picket :: Picket (n.) A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..

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

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..

Gunflint :: Gunflint (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps..

Whetter :: Whetter (n.) One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates..

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..

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