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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

Hone

Hone

See also: hone, høne, and Hōne

Maori

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Hone

  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

hone

hone

See also: Hone, Hōne, and høne

English

Noun

hone ‎(plural hones)

  1. 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.
  2. A machine tool used in the manufacture of precision bores.
Derived terms
  • hone slate
  • hone stone
Translations

Verb

hone ‎(third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

  1. To sharpen with a hone.
  2. To use a hone to produce a precision bore.
  3. To refine or master (a skill).
  4. To make more acute, intense, or effective.
  5. To pine; to lament; to long.
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Translations

See also

Etymology 2

Compare Icelandic word for "a knob".

Noun

hone ‎(plural hones)

  1. A kind of swelling in the cheek.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

French honger ‎(“to grumble”).

Verb

hone ‎(third-person singular simple present hones, present participle honing, simple past and past participle honed)

  1. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To grumble.
  2. (Britain, US, Southern US, dialect) To pine, lament, or long.

Japanese

Romanization

hone

  1. rōmaji reading of ほね

Etymology

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 κῶνος ‎(kônos, “cone”), Persian سان ‎(sân, “whetstone”)).

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