English to Shona Meaning of whetstone - whetstone

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Definitions of whetstone in English

Noun(1) a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

Examples of whetstone in English

(1) He used a makeshift whetstone to sharpen both blades again.(2) Other men still worked at the whetstone , or sat polishing their blades.(3) Each morning José Antonio has sharpened his knife against the little whetstone he carries in his pocket.(4) Be this the whetstone of your sword: let grief convert to anger blunt not the heart, enrage it.(5) She sharpened the meat carving knife on a whetstone .(6) While he shortened the distance between them, Dimitri realized Reana had been quietly sitting and sharpening her sword with a whetstone .(7) I had read enough Indian book reviews to know that reviewers are ustads with blades sharpened on a cruelly efficient whetstone .(8) This can be done by rubbing away surplus metal with a grindstone, whetstone , oilstone, steel, ceramic rod, leather strop or the palm of your hand.(9) The whetstone would have been a important possession for the woodworker as, without it, he could not have sharpened any of his tools.(10) He turned the chair to the desk behind him, picked up a whetstone and a knife, and started to sharpen it.(11) The word cos is Latin for whetstone , a stone for sharpening razors and tools.(12) On my enrolment I was issued with chef's overalls, two textbooks (in Chinese) and a personal cleaver, which I was expected to keep razor sharp by frequent visits to the enormous whetstone in the yard.(13) He had a whetstone and cloth in hand with a sword laid across his lap.(14) Sharpening a European scythe is a combination of hammering (called peening) and honing with a whetstone .(15) Larger whetstones for sharpening iron tools were an important part of everyday equipment and were widely traded, especially since varying degrees of coarseness were required to produce a finely honed edge.(16) The work is done purely by hand, and through a series of 10 whetstones , (large lumps of grindstone) the blade is filed down, sharpened, and finished with an elaborate wavy pattern.

Related Phrases of whetstone

(1) whetstone ::

whetstone

(2) stone ::

ibwe

(3) whet ::

acharodza

Related Phrases of whetstone

(1) whetstone ::

whetstone

(2) stone ::

ibwe

(3) whet ::

acharodza

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Word Example from TV Shows

and a mind needs books like a sword needs a Whetstone.

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 2

Examples of whetstone from TV Shows

and a mind needs books like a sword needs a Whetstone.

Game of Thrones Season 1, Episode 2

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