Thesaurus: hone

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1. v. i. To pine; to lament; to long.
2. n. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
3. 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.
4. v. t. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
5. n. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
6. n. a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
7. v. sharpen with a hone
8. v. make perfect or complete
9. To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb. A kind of swelling in the cheek. 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. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
10. To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.
11. n:5/v:95 n. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors v. sharpen with a hone