See whetstone on Wiktionary
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"Terms with Southern Kurdish translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swahili translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Tagalog translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"Terms with Vietnamese translations",
"Terms with Welsh translations",
"en:Tools"
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"ref": "c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 186, column 2, line 192:",
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"ref": "1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:",
"text": "It was as if a stone were ground to dust; as if white sparks flew from a livid whetstone, which was his spine; as if the switchback railway, having swooped to the depths, fell, fell, fell.",
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grihë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "misann",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مِسَنّ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mijlaḵa",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مِجْلَخَة"
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{
"code": "ar",
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "հեսան"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "asjalók",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "асялок"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "točilo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точило"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brus",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
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"masculine"
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"word": "брус"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra esmoladora"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra d'esmolar"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "módāoshí",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨刀石"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "móshí",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨石"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "bilev"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brousek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "slibesten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "slijpsteen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "akrigilo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hiomakivi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kovasin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pierre à aiguiser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aiguisoir"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "moa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pedra de afiar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wetzstein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abziehstein"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akóni",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακόνι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "akónē",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ἀκόνη"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "thēgánē",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "θηγάνη"
},
{
"code": "hac",
"lang": "Gurani",
"roman": "hasān",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "éven hasaá",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אבן השאה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "éven mashkhézet",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אבן משחזת"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "köszörűkő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "fenőkő"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "kaszakő"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "akutigilo"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "luiska"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cote"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toishi",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "砥石"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togiishi",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "磨石"
},
{
"code": "xal",
"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "bülü",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "бүлү"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "thmɑɑsɑmliəngkambət",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ថ្មសំលៀងកាំបិត"
},
{
"code": "ki",
"lang": "Kikuyu",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"class-5"
],
"word": "inooro"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sutdol",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "숫돌"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hesan"
},
{
"code": "sdh",
"lang": "Southern Kurdish",
"roman": "hesan",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "ھەسان"
},
{
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chëut"
},
{
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "streičs"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cōs"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "galoda"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tecīla"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "galąstuvas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "pustyklė"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tekėlas"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schläifsteen"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "točilo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точило"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tūāhōanga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "hōanga"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "wheston"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "bilüü",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "билүү"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xajlga",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хайлга"
},
{
"code": "nrm",
"lang": "Narom",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "affileuse"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hwetstān"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hein"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "bileği",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "بلگو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "afsân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "افسان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fasân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "فسان"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sân",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "سان"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Watsteen"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schliepsteen (nds)"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "våslă"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "osełka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mó"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "asan"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "tros"
},
{
"code": "rmn",
"lang": "Balkan-Romani",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "beledǐn"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gresie"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cute"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oselók",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "осело́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brus",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílʹnyj kámenʹ",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "точи́льный ка́мень"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "točílo",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "точи́ло"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "whatstane"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brus"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брус"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "muela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de afilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra de amolar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "afilador"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piedra para afilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "asperón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "afiladera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aguzadera"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aguzadora"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amoladera"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "suguo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brynsten"
},
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"sense": "stone used to hone tools",
"word": "หินลับมีด"
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"word": "đá mài"
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