Definitions for: Whetstone

[n] a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

Webster (1913) Definition: Whet"stone`, n. [AS. hwetst[=a]n.]
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting,
or sharpening, edge tools.

The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
--Shak.

Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to
the razor. --South.

Note: Some whetstones are used dry, others are moistened with
water, or lubricated with oil.

To give the whetstone, to give a premium for extravagance
in falsehood. [Obs.]

See Also: hone, oilstone, stone

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