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.
A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
To sharpen with a hone; to whet.
To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
To grumble.
Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief
Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!
A surname.
From Middle English hon (“whetstone”), from Old English hān, from Proto-Germanic *hainō (compare Dutch heen, Norwegian hein), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“to sharpen”) (compare Ancient Greek κῶν...
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Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,