Hone /(?)/
Hone
v. i.
- To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]
Hone
n.
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Hone
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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Hone slate
- See Polishing slate.
- Hone stone
- one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.
Hone
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Honed; p. pr. & vb. n. Honing
- To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
- to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one's skills.