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  • 51Recorde, Robert — ▪ French mathematician Introduction born c. 1510, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales died June 1558, London, England       physician, mathematician, and author of introductory mathematics textbooks. Life       Recorde was educated at the University of… …

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  • 52List of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas characters — Throughout the various missions and cutscenes in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, set in 1992, a number of recurring characters appear.[1] Prominent characters are listed here. Many characters were voiced by crime film veterans, such …

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  • 54sharpness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fine cutting edge or point Nouns 1. sharpness, acuity, acumination; spinosity. 2. (small pointed item) point, spike, spine, spiculum; needle, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel; barb, barbed wire; spit,… …

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  • 55hone — I [[t]hoʊn[/t]] n. v. honed, hon•ing 1) bui a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools 2) bui a tool with a mechanically rotated abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions 3) bui to sharpen on a …

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  • 56hone — /hoʊn / (say hohn) noun 1. a whetstone of fine, compact texture, especially one for sharpening razors. –verb (t) (honed, honing) 2. to sharpen on or as on a hone: to hone a razor. 3. to cut back, trim. 4. to improve by careful attention or… …

  • 57oilstone — /ˈɔɪlstoʊn/ (say oylstohn) noun a fine grained whetstone whose rubbing surface is lubricated with oil …

  • 58ter-3, terǝ- and teri-, trī- —     ter 3, terǝ and teri , trī     English meaning: to rub     Deutsche Übersetzung: “reiben; drehend reiben” (from which “drehen”), “(reibend) durchbohren”     Note: also teru : treu (extended with b, g, gh, ĝh, k, p); here ter 2 “tender” (eig …

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  • 59hone — hone1 [hōn] n. [ME < OE han, a stone, akin to ON hein, a hone < IE base * ko(i) , to sharpen, whet > L cos, whetstone, cotes, sharp rock, Gr kōnos, cone] a fine grained, hard stone used to sharpen cutting tools vt. honed, honing 1. to… …

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  • 60novaculite — [nō vak′yo͞o līt΄] n. [< L novacula, razor ( < * novare, to scrape, whet < IE * ksnewā < base * kes , to scratch, comb > HARDS) + ITE1] a light colored, hard, extremely fine grained siliceous sedimentary rock, often used as a… …

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