sharpenern.
/ˈʃɑːp(ə)nə/, /ˈʃɑːpn̩ə/, U.S. /ˈʃɑrp(ə)nər/ One who or something which sharpens.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > [noun] > sharpening
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who sharpens
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the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [noun] > sharpening > one who
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1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions viii. 58 They are the sharpners and..the Whetstones of Vertue.
1807 Salmagundi 15 Oct. 325 That marvellous sharpener of the wits, a salt-water voyage.
1838 T. Mitchell in Aristophanes Clouds 193 The water-bearers throw the guilt upon the sharpener of the axe and knife.
1867 J. S. Mill Inaug. Addr. St. Andrews 66 There never was any sharpener of the intellectual faculties superior to the Berkeleian controversy.
1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 27 Arrow-head sharpeners.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1640- to turn one's hand
- to turn one's heel
- to turn one's heels
- to turn one's mind on
- to turn one's mind to
- to turn one's mood
- to turn one's style
- to turn one's tale
- to turn one's tippet
- to turn one's toes up
- to turn one's toes up to the daisies
- to turn one'the back
- to turn one'the back to
- to turn one'the back unto
- to turn or peak the flukes
- to turn out
- to turn out of
- to turn out of commons
- to turn out of service
- to turn out to grass
- to turn out to pasture
- to turn over
- to turn over a new leaf
- to turn over the leaf
- to turn over the next leaf