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whetstone
UK /ˈʍɛtˌstoʊn/ US /ˈʍɛtˌstoʊn/
name 5noun 4verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A sharpening stone; a hard stone or piece of synthetically bonded hard minerals that has been formed with at least one flat surface, used to sharpen or hone an edged tool.
[…]for alwaies the dulneſſe of the foole, is the whetstone of the wits.
It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone, which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.
2
A stimulant.
3
Alternative letter-case form of Whetstone (“benchmark”).
verb
1
To sharpen with a whetstone.
Near-synonym: hone (verb)
name
1
A suburb and ward in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693).
2
A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5597).
3
A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
4
An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
5
A surname.
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