HONES

Noun

hones

plural of hone

Verb

hones

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hone

Anagrams

• hosen, shone

Source: Wiktionary


HONE

Hone, v. i. Etym: [Etymology uncertain. sq. root37.]

Definition: To pine; to lament; to long. Lamb.

Hone, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. h a knob.]

Definition: A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Hone, n. Etym: [AS. han; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. ç\'be, also ç\'d3, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. sq. root38, 228.]

Definition: 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.

Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed; p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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