noun. A fine-grained whetstone for giving a keen edge to a cutting tool.

noun. A tool with a rotating abrasive tip for enlarging holes to precise dimensions.

transitive verb. To sharpen on a fine-grained whetstone.

transitive verb. To perfect or make more intense or effective.

phrasal verb. To move or advance toward a target or goal.

phrasal verb. To focus the attention or make progress achieving an objective.

intransitive verb. To whine or moan.

intransitive verb. To hanker; yearn.

noun. A circular barrow or hill.

To linger; delay.

noun. A stone used for sharpening instruments that require a delicate edge, and particularly for sharpening razors; an oilstone. A hone differs from a whetstone in being of finer grit and more compact texture. See honestone.

noun. A thin piece of dry and stale bread; also, an oil-cake.

noun. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

noun. Delay; lingering.

See och hone.

To rub and sharpen on or as on a hone: as, to hone a razor.

To pine; long; yearn; moan.

To long for; crave.

A dialectal contraction of hosen, plural of hose.

noun. 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.

noun. See Polishing slate.

noun. one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.

noun. A kind of swelling in the cheek.

transitive verb. To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen.

transitive verb. to render more precise or more effective.

intransitive verb. To grumble; pine; lament; long.

noun. A sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.

noun. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.

verb. To sharpen with a hone.

verb. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.

verb. To refine or master (a skill).

verb. To make more acute, intense, or effective.

verb. sharpen with a hone

noun. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

verb. make perfect or complete