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Webster 1913 Edition

Hone

Hone

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
hūn
a knob.]
A kind of swelling in the cheek.

Hone

,
Noun.
[AS.
hān
; akin to Icel.
hein
, OSw.
hen
; cf. Skr.
çāṇa
, also
çō
,
çi
, to sharpen, and E.
cone
. √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 slate
See
Polishing slate
.
–
Hone stone
,
one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See
Novaculite
.

Hone

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Honed
(hōnd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Honing
.]
1.
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen;
as, to
hone
a razor
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hone

HONE

,
Noun.
A stone of a fine grit, used for sharpening instruments that require a fine edge, and particularly for setting razors. [We never, I believe, call a hone, a whet-stone. The latter is a stone of coarse grit. See the word.]

HONE

,
Verb.
T.
To rub and sharpen on a bone; as, to hone a razor.

HONE

,
Verb.
I.
To pine; to long.

Definition 2024

Hōne

Hōne

See also: hone, høne, and Hone

Maori

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Hōne

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

Related terms

References

  • Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index
  • Fletcher Index of Maori Names
  • Ancestry.com: Exact search for the given name "Hone" in documents relating to New Zealand. Accessed on 25 February 2016

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