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n.
A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone.
a.
To render more shrill or piercing.
v. t.
To sharpen.
a.
To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar.
a.
To make sharp.
n.
That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
v. t.
To edge; to sharpen; to render eager or excited; esp., to excite with liquor; to inebriate.
n.
One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
a.
To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires.
imp. & p. p.
of Sharpen
a.
To render more quick or acute in perception; to make more ready or ingenious.
a.
To raise, as a sound, by means of a sharp; to apply a sharp to.
a.
To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease.
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.
v. i.
To grow or become sharp.
n.
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
n.
A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
a.
To make biting, sarcastic, or severe.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Sharpen
a.
To give a keen edge or fine point to; to make sharper; as, to sharpen an ax, or the teeth of a saw.
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