Oilstone
51steel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. plate, armor, coat; temper, anneal, case harden; harden, inure, strengthen, toughen; brace, gird, fortify. See hardness, strength. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hard metal] Syn. iron alloy, iron,… …
52whetstone — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grinder s stone, hone, rubstone, emery, sharpener, grindstone, oilstone, strop, grinder s wheel, carborundum wheel …
53novaculite — A dense, even textured, extremely finely grained, siliceous, sedimentary rock recrystallized from chert with microcrystalline quartz dominant over chalcedony (cryptocrystalline quartz). It is hard, white to grayish black in color, translucent… …
54oil — See ink, linseed oil, machine oil, oil gilding, oil paint, oilstone, paraffin, and wax …
55hone — I. n. Oilstone, fine whetstone. II. v. a. Whet, sharpen on a hone, put a fine edge upon …
56whetstone — n. 1 a tapered stone used with water to sharpen curved tools, e.g. sickles, hooks (cf. OILSTONE). 2 a thing that sharpens the senses etc …
