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Synonyms for hone
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : hohn |
| Phonetic Transcription : hoʊn |
Définition of hone
Origin :- "whetstone," Old English han "stone, rock, (boundary) stone," in Middle English "whetstone" (early 14c.), from Proto-Germanic *haino (cf. Old Norse hein "hone"). The verb is 1788, from the noun. Related: Honed; honing.
- verb sharpen
- English name for a stone appears in Hone, now used only of a whetstone.
- Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
- After the trials, it is manifest that Hone was to be unassailed, do what he might.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
- When Hone was held to bail it was seen that a crisis was at hand.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
- They are published by Hone himself, who I should have said was a publisher as well as was to be.
- Extract from : « A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II) » by Augustus De Morgan
- The knife should be sharpened from time to time on the stone or hone.
- Extract from : « The Book of Sports: » by William Martin
- Dunstan's speech is quoted in full by Hone from an old broadside.
- Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
- Hone had for Lamb's genius and character an intense enthusiasm.
- Extract from : « The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb » by Charles Lamb
- The most important of these trials was that of Mr. Hone's trial.
- Extract from : « A History of England, Period III. » by Rev. J. Franck Bright
- Hone essayed the various branches of art with varying success.
- Extract from : « Chats on Old Miniatures » by J. J. Foster
- A hone should be close at hand to keep a good edge to the knife.
- Extract from : « Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do » by Anonymous
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