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noun

• a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

• a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.

verb

• sharpen with a hone

• make perfect or complete

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noun

• small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

• small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

verb

• extract (metals) by heating

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verb

• lessen the density or solidity of

• make more subtle or refined

• weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance)

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