HONE

v. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

2.
n.

A kind of swelling in the cheek.

3.
n.

A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. -- Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

4.
v.

To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

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