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whetstone

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whet·stone  (hwtstn, wt-)
n.
A hard, fine-grained stone for honing tools. Also called snakestone.
whetstone
Noun
a stone used for sharpening knives or other tools
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Noun1.whetstonewhetstone - a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
hone - a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
oilstone - a whetstone for use with oil
stone - building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"


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The same advantages may be drawn from these chapters, in which the critic will be always sure of meeting with something that may serve as a whetstone to his noble spirit; so that he may fall with a more hungry appetite for censure on the history itself.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Likhachev got up, rummaged in his pack, and soon Petya heard the warlike sound of steel on whetstone.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Nor did the whetstone which the harpooneers carried in their pockets, for their lances and other weapons; and with which whetstones, at dinner, they would ostentatiously sharpen their knives; that grating sound did not at all tend to tranquillize poor Dough-Boy.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
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