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Grit :: Grit (n.) Structure, as adapted to grind or sharpen; as, a hone of good grit..

Hone :: Hone (v. t.) To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor..

Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Sharpening :: Sharpening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sharpe.

Steel :: Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..

Grind :: Grind (n.) The act of reducing to powder, or of sharpening, by friction..

Acumination :: Acumination (n.) A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.

Knife-edge :: Knife-edge (n.) A piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction..

Frost :: Frost (v. t.) To roughen or sharpen, as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes, so as to fit them for frosty weather..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more eager; as, to sharpen men's desires..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..

Cutwater :: Cutwater (n.) A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a bridge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself..

Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more tart or acid; to make sour; as, the rays of the sun sharpen vinegar..

Acuition :: Acuition (n.) The act of sharpening.

Whetstone :: Whetstone (n.) A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools..

Gunflint :: Gunflint (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps..

Abattis :: Abattis (n.) A means of defense formed by felled trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy..

Fitche :: Fitche (a.) Sharpened to a point; pointed.

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