sharpen+on+a+hone

  • 31home, hone —     But Milosevic, ever the master tactician, had honed in on one of the Tribunals shakiest stanchions (New Yorker). Hone means to sharpen (as in honing a knife) or, more rarely, to complain or yearn for. The term for seeking out a target, as in… …

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  • 32Honed — Hone Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[=o]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Honing}.] 1. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. [1913 Webster] 2. to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one …

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  • 33Honing — Hone Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[=o]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Honing}.] 1. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor. [1913 Webster] 2. to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one …

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  • 34stone — n 1. pebble, lapillus, rock, boulder; flint, slate, granite, adamant; crag, tor; gravel, lava, scoria; shale, bluestone, sandstone. 2. slab, flagstone, paving stone, cobblestone, building stone, cornerstone; monolith, obelisk. 3. precious stone,… …

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  • 35edge — [n1] border, outline bend, berm, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, circumference, contour, corner, crook, crust, curb, end, extremity, frame, fringe, frontier, hem, hook, ledge, limb, limit, line, lip, margin, molding, mouth, outskirt, peak,… …

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  • 36hon´er — hone1 «hohn», noun, verb, honed, hon|ing. –n. a fine grained whetstone on which to give a fine finish to the edge of cutting tools, especially razors. –v.t. to sharpen on a hone: »Figurative. We regret the delays, but it gives a chance to hone… …

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  • 37Grit — Grit, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre[ o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats, grout. See {Groats}, {Grout}, and cf. {Grail} gravel.] 1. Sand or gravel;… …

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  • 38gritrock — Grit Grit, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre[ o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats, grout. See {Groats}, {Grout}, and cf. {Grail} gravel.] 1. Sand or… …

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  • 39gritstone — Grit Grit, n. [OE, greet, greot, sand, gravel, AS. gre[ o]t grit, sant, dust; akin to OS griott, OFries. gret gravel, OHG. grioz, G. griess, Icel. grj[=o]t, and to E. groats, grout. See {Groats}, {Grout}, and cf. {Grail} gravel.] 1. Sand or… …

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  • 40The Golden Girls — Para la versión española de la serie, véase Las chicas de oro (España). Para otros usos de este término, véase Golden Girl (desambiguación). The Golden Girls [[Archivo:Imagen de título para The Golden Girls|250px]] Título Las chicas de oro… …

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