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Definition of Hone

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Hone Hone, v. i. [Cf. F. honger to grumble.] To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]
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Hone Hone, v. i. [Etymology uncertain. [root]37.] To pine; to lament; to long. --Lamb.
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Hone Hone, n. [Cf. Icel. h[=u]n a knob.] A kind of swelling in the cheek.
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Hone Hone, n. [AS. h[=a]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. [,c][=a][.n]a, also [,c][=o], [,c]i, to sharpen, and E. cone. [root]38, 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. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.
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Hone Hone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Honed (h[=o]nd); p]. pr. & vb. n. Honing.] To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

Meaning of Hone from wikipedia

- Look up hone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Honing is a kind of metalworking. Hone may also refer to: Hone (name) (incl. Hōne), a list of people with...
- Honing, Norfolk, English village Henkjan Honing (born 1959), Dutch musician Yuri Honing (born 1965), Dutch saxophonist Edward Honing William Honing Hone...
- Hône (Valdôtain: One (locally Vión-a); Issime Walser: Ounu) is a town and comune (po****tion 1,146) in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy....
- Honer or Höner is the surname of: Daniel Höner (born 1953), Swiss former figure skater, national champion from 1967 to 1973 Dean Honer, half of the English...
- the name include: Hone family Brian Hone (1907–1978), Australian headmaster Campbell Hone (1873–1967), Anglican Bishop Danny Hone (born 1989), English...
- Hones is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: J.J. Hones (born 1987), American basketball player Josef Hones (born 1954), Austrian ski...
- Sutton-at-Hone is a village in the civil parish of Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley in the Borough of Dartford in Kent, England. It is located 3.5 miles south...
- Sir Brian William Hone OBE FACE (1907–1978) was an Australian headmaster and, in his youth, a first-class cricketer. Brian was born on 1 July 1907 in the...
- Daniel Joseph Hone (born 15 September 1989) is an English former professional footballer. Hone pla**** as a defender notably in the Football League for...
- William Hone (3 June 1780 – 8 November 1842) was an English writer, satirist and bookseller. His victorious court battle against government censorship...