Whetstone

Definition

whetstone /'wetstǝƱn/ n ဓားေသြးေက်ာက္။

Examples

1. ‘Knives of all shapes and sizes hung on racks and lay on tables
2. whetstones handy.’
3. ‘He turned the chair to the desk behind him
4. picked up a whetstone and a knife
5. and started to sharpen it.’
6. ‘Other men still worked at the whetstone
7. or sat polishing their blades.’
8. ‘He nodded and continued sharpening swords with whetstones.’
9. ‘The word cos is Latin for whetstone
10. a stone for sharpening razors and tools.’
11. ‘Be this the whetstone of your sword: let grief convert to anger blunt not the heart
12. enrage it.’
13. ‘I had read enough Indian book reviews to know that reviewers are ustads with blades sharpened on a cruelly efficient whetstone.’
14. ‘On my enrolment I was issued with chef's overalls
15. two textbooks (in Chinese) and a personal cleaver
16. which I was expected to keep razor sharp by frequent visits to the enormous whetstone in the yard.’
17. ‘While he shortened the distance between them
18. Dimitri realized Reana had been quietly sitting and sharpening her sword with a whetstone.’
19. ‘Unlike oil or water whetstones
20. a diamond whetstone does not need to be lubricated.’
21. ‘In 1964
22. or about a hundred knives after making his first one
23. he switched his focus to selling Arkansas whetstones and a year later began selling knives.’
24. ‘Each morning José Antonio has sharpened his knife against the little whetstone he carries in his pocket.’
25. ‘Sharpening a European scythe is a combination of hammering (called peening) and honing with a whetstone.’
26. ‘The whetstone would have been a important possession for the woodworker as
27. without it
28. he could not have sharpened any of his tools.’
29. ‘This can be done by rubbing away surplus metal with a grindstone
30. whetstone
31. oilstone
32. steel
33. ceramic rod
34. leather strop or the palm of your hand.’
35. ‘She sharpened the meat carving knife on a whetstone.’
36. ‘He used a makeshift whetstone to sharpen both blades again.’
37. ‘The work is done purely by hand
38. and through a series of 10 whetstones
39. (large lumps of grindstone) the blade is filed down
40. sharpened
41. and finished with an elaborate wavy pattern.’
42. ‘He had a whetstone and cloth in hand with a sword laid across his lap.’
43. ‘Larger whetstones for sharpening iron tools were an important part of everyday equipment and were widely traded
44. especially since varying degrees of coarseness were required to produce a finely honed edge.’