Hone
Hone , intransitive verb
[Compare French honger to grumble. r37.]
To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.English & Southern United States]
Hone , noun
[Compare Icelandic hūn a knob.]
A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Hone , noun
[Anglo-Saxon hān; akin to Icelandic hein, OSw. hen; compare Sanskrit cāna, also cō, ci, to sharpen, and English cone. r38, 228.]
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
Collocations (2)
Hone slate , See Polishing slate.
Hone stone , one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.
Hone (hōnd) , transitive verb
1.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.
2.
to render more precise or more effective; as, to hone one's skills.