Vocabulary Word
Word: hone
Definition: sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
Definition: sharpen (a tool); N: whetstone for sharpening a tool
Sentences Containing 'hone'
This spade is sharp as hone can make it; the spademan's feet are shoeless; the thing he stands on will sometimes irresistibly slide away from him, like a sledge.
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