Hones As A Blade Crossword Clue

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	verb • make keen or more acute • sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
	42%	5		Polishes, as a blade
	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
	31%	12		An arguer who hones in on small distinctions
	noun • a disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions

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