[DOC] [TLE] Hone | Define Hone at Dictionary.com [PAR] Hone definition, a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and 
other cutting tools. ... to sharpen on a hone: ... before 950; Middle English (noun); 
Old English hn stone, rock; cognate with Old Norse hein hone; akin to cone. [DOC] [TLE] Honing | Define Honing at Dictionary.com [PAR] Honing definition, a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and 
other cutting tools. ... to sharpen on a hone: ... before 950; Middle English (noun); 
Old English hn stone, rock; cognate with Old Norse hein hone; akin to cone. [DOC] [TLE] hone - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com [PAR] Hone, the verb, literally means to sharpen with a hone, a whetstone used to sharpen cutting tools. ... Hone, which rhymes with phone, is from the Old English word, han, meaning "stone, rock." [DOC] [TLE] Honing - definition of honing by The Free Dictionary [PAR] [Middle English, from Old English hn, stone; see k- in Indo-European roots. ... (
Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to sharpen or polish with or as if with a hone ... Old 
English hn stone, rock; c. .... by gay and lesbian theater artists offer all options in 
the coming months, from Bea Arthur to Stephen Sondheim, from coast to coast. [DOC] [TLE] Sharpening stone - Wikipedia [PAR] Sharpening stones, water stones or whetstones are used to grind and hone the 
edges of steel ... Though it is sometimes mistaken as a reference to the water 
often used to lubricate such stones, the word "whetstone" is a compound word 
formed with the word "whet", which means to sharpen a blade, not the word "wet". [DOC] [TLE] hone - Online Etymology Dictionary [PAR] Old English han "a stone, rock, (boundary) stone," from Proto-Germanic *haino (
source also of Old Norse hein "hone"), from PIE *ko- "to sharpen, whet. [DOC] [TLE] Stone | Definition of Stone by Merriam-Webster [PAR] Define stone: a hard substance that comes from the ground and is used for 
building, ... a piece of rock used for a particular purpose ... See words that rhyme 
with stone ... Middle English, from Old English stn; akin to Old High German 
stein stone, Old ... 5a : to rub, scour, or polish with a stoneb : to sharpen with a 
whetstone... [DOC] [TLE] Home in / Hone in  The Word Detective [PAR] Mar 31, 2010 ... Dear Word Detective: Which is correct: to "home in on" something or "to hone in ... 
good verb, of course, meaning to sharpen, and comes from the noun hone, 
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think we can home in / hone in on a rock-solid rule, we find the ... Middle English, 
from Old English h n, stone; see k - in Indo-European roots. ... Home comes from 
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Question: This word meaning "to sharpen" comes from Old English for rock
Answer: Hone