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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Whet :: Whet (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife..

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..

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

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

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

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

Strappadoes :: Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor..

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

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