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Pronunciation : Hone
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Etymology uncertain. sq. root37.]
Definition : Defn: To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hone
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Icel. h a knob.]
Definition : Defn: A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hone
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. han; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. ?\'be, also ?\'d3, ?i, to sharpen, and E. cone. sq. root38, 228.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Hone
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

t. [imp. & p. p. Honed; p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913