The finest edge is made with the blunt whetstone. From LearnThat.org. [John Lyly (1554-1606).]
Noun : a whetstone for dull wits. From Dictionary.com.
Use water or spit on the whetstone to keep it moist. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
Hone the axe several times daily with a whetstone (3). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
She found a suitable whetstone and began to hone the edge. From Wordnik.com. [Ghost King]
Hawkins's whetstone ain't a pinch o 'primin' to the innards. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862] Reference
Robinson prized a little four-wheeled wagon and a whetstone. From Wordnik.com. [An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls] Reference
"What a whetstone for the imagination the business sense is!". From Wordnik.com. [The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks] Reference
Livy says, Actius Nevius cut a whetstone through with a razor. From Wordnik.com. [Religio Medici] Reference
A few nights later I found a box of spearheads, and a whetstone. From Wordnik.com. [The King Must Die]
Upon this, as they say, he immediately cut the whetstone in two. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
When the blade becomes dull, it can be re-sharpened with a whetstone (4). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
He kept close to Sivert, and had to get him to use the whetstone every time. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of the Soil] Reference
The face of a firmer gouge with hollow blade is honed with a rounded whetstone. From Wordnik.com. [3. Preparation for Mortising and Ripping] Reference
The fine side of the whetstone is run along both sides of the saw to remove burrs. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
I wanted an oily rag and a whetstone, to make it the way it should he once again. From Wordnik.com. [Nine Princes In Amber]
She felt his body pressing against hers, as if he were a knife and she a whetstone. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
I hunted around and found a carborundum whetstone and a rusty can of sharpening fluid. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
A valuable whetstone is quarried at Bridge of Stair on the Ayr -- the Water-of-Ayr stone. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
These points can be sharpened along the line A B on a whetstone, and will cut like knives. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls] Reference
‘Shall it be burnished white or blue?’ said Kai, taking a whetstone from under his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Fairy Book] Reference
The metallic clank of a whetstone against a scythe, that came to them from the cart, ceased. From Wordnik.com. [Anna Karenina] Reference
= Accius Nævius: = the augur who cut a whetstone in pieces in presence of Tarquinius Priscus. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
A thorough cleaning with oil, rag, and whetstone would have to wait, but this would do for now. From Wordnik.com. [The Outstretched Shadow] Reference
If the saw runs to one side, the whetstone should be used on the side to which it is running (5). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
(Both sides of the edge are to be angularly rubbed on the whetstone until the burrs are removed.) 13. From Wordnik.com. [3. Recommendations for practical vocational training in the working technique of ''Grinding of Simple Tools''] Reference
Likhachev got up, rummaged in his pack, and soon Petya heard the warlike sound of steel on whetstone. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Clean whetting of the blades with the whetstone (removing of the burr) - Pull along the side of the blade. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
The cutting edge is rubbed over the whetstone diagonally and in an inclined way till the burr is removed. From Wordnik.com. [6. Examples for off-hand sharpening with straight wheels] Reference
He had the knife in his hand and hunted through his pile of belongings for the whetstone to hone its edge. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
The flanks of the cutting edges of the tool are rubbed on a fine-grained whetstone moistened with water or oil. From Wordnik.com. [5. Operation of whetting] Reference
To keep the axe sharp, repeated maintenance is needed during the course of the day using a whetstone (see page 8). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
The surface having been made true to rule and level, and smoothed off with whetstone, gives the look of a black pavement. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
They say that the whetstone also was deposited in the same place, that it might remain a monument of that miracle to posterity. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08] Reference
It is recommended to demonstrate the position of the cutting edge on the whetstone and the kinds of movement involved in whetting. From Wordnik.com. [3. Recommendations for practical vocational training in the working technique of ''Grinding of Simple Tools''] Reference
"Well, then," said the other, "take this whetstone and cut it through with this razor; this is what I have had in mind to come to pass.". From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
Producing a small whetstone from his pouch, he drew his sword and settled cross-legged to touch up the edge on the ancient blade and think. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Magnificent]
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