whetstone
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Noun — A hard stone with a flat surface, used for sharpening tools with a blade.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English whestone, whetston, whetesston, from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain (“whetstone”). It is equivalent to whet (“to sharpen”) and stone.
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