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whetstone

[hwet-stohn, wet-] / ˈʰwɛtˌstoʊn, ˈwɛt- /


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Martin’s “A Game of Thrones” series, said, “A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025

Whatever knife you choose, buy a honing rod, sharpening steel or whetstone.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Over the past two million years huge sheets of ice ground the landscape of central Illinois to a whetstone flatness.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 13, 2023

Having said that, if there is an episode equivalent to a whetstone against which Stewart honed his sophomore season approach, it may be the first season's penultimate episode about, yes, the media.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

I was stuck on the back steps with a pile of dull knives and a whetstone.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson


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