hone

1. v. i. To pine; to lament; to long. Source: opted

2. n. A kind of swelling in the cheek. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

4. v. t. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. Source: opted

5. n. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors Source: wordnet

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. Source: wordnet

7. v. sharpen with a hone Source: wordnet

8. v. make perfect or complete Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

10. To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb. Source: adambom

11. n:5/v:95 n. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors v. sharpen with a hone Source: ecdict

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