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

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..

Acuation :: Acuation (n.) Act of sharpening.

Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..

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..

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

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..

Scythestone :: Scythestone (n.) A stone for sharpening scythes; a whetstone.

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A reaping instrument consisting of a steel blade curved into the form of a hook, and having a handle fitted on a tang. The sickle has one side of the blade notched, so as always to sharpen with a serrated edge. Cf. Reaping hook, under Reap..

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

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

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

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