A shaped stone used for giving a smooth edge to cutting tools when they have been ground.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening > whetstone (26) whetstonec725 A shaped stone used for giving a smooth edge to cutting tools when they have been ground. hone-stone1393 (a) = sense 2; (b) a hard, fine-grained rock used for sharpening blades, esp. novaculite; cf. sense 3. filourc1400 A tool for sharpening steel; a hone, a whetstone. hone1440 A whetstone, esp. one used for sharpening razors. rub1502 English regional (East Anglian). A stone used for sharpening a scythe; a whetstone. Now rare. rubber1553 A stone used for sharpening a scythe; a whetstone. Cf. rubstone, n. Also more fully rubber stone. Now historical and English regional (southern). knife-stone1571 a hone. stone1578 A piece of stone of a definite form and size (usually artificially shaped), used for some special… A shaped piece of stone for grinding or… oilstone1585 A flat, smooth, fine-grained stone whose surface is moistened with oil for sharpening tools; stone suitable for use in this way. block1592 A whetstone. Obsolete. oil whetstone1601 = oilstone, n. 1. greenstone1668 A hard, dense greenish stone used as an abrasive for sharpening or smoothing; a piece of this or a similar abrasive substance. scythe-stone1688 a whetstone for scythes; also in combinations. water stone1703 A whetstone used with water (rather than with oil). sharping-stone1714 sharping-corn n. Obsolete an annual grant of corn formerly made to a blacksmith in return for sharpening farm implements. sharping-stone n. Scottish… Scotch stone1766 (a) stone from Scotland; spec. = Water of Ayr stone, n.; (also) a piece of this; †(b) = Scots stone n. at Scots, adj. n.compounds 2 (Obsolete). honer1780 A person who or device which sharpens blades, etc. Turkey hone1794 = Turkey stone, n. 2. polishing-slate1801 (a) a grey or yellow slaty rock consisting chiefly of microscopic siliceous fossils, formerly used for polishing glass, marble, metals, etc.; (b)… burr1816 A whetstone. Turkey stone1816 A hard, fine-grained, siliceous rock imported from the Levant for whetstones; novaculite; a whetstone made of this. Also attributive. German hone1817 a type of whetstone used esp. to put an edge on razors; material for this (see quot. 1915). Arkansas1869 A fine-grain variety of novaculite found in Arkansas, U.S.A. Also, a whetstone made of this. In full Arkansas hone, Arkansas stone (see quots.). rag1877 British regional. A whetstone; = ragstone, n. 2b. Obsolete. rare. rock1889 Chiefly U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). As the second element in compounds denoting a piece of abrasive stone used for sharpening. Cf… slipstone1927 A shaped oilstone used for sharpening gouges. |
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