| 单词 | to set the edge of | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto set the edge of  a.  To put an edge on (a cutting instrument, esp. a razor). Also  to set the edge of. (Cf. sense  42.)In first quot. 1461   apparently figurative phr.  to set upon the hone, to sharpen (a person) up. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > perform general or industrial manufacturing processes			[verb (transitive)]		 > sharpen or put edge on whetc897 strokec1400 set1461 filour1483 sharpen1530 to wash down1909 1461    M. Paston in  Paston Lett. & Papers 		(2004)	 I. 271  				As for Wylliam Wyrcestyr, he hathe be set so vp-on the hone, what by the parson and by othyr,..þat they hope he wole do well inow. 1553    J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 39v/1  				A stone to whette or sette the rasure with. 1667    A. Wood Life & Times 		(1892)	 II. 122  				Setting a razor, 2d. 1680    J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I.  x. 192  				It is afterwards Set upon a round Whet-stone. 1687    J. Dryden Hind & Panther  iii. 111  				You have ground the persecuting knife, And set it to a razor edge on life. 1749    T. Smollett tr.  A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I.  ii. vii. 139  				A case and two razors,..with a thong of leather to set them. 1816    Ld. Byron Parisina xv, in  Siege of Corinth 81  				The headsman..Feels if the axe be sharp and true—Since he set its edge anew. 1868    W. Bemrose Fret-cutting 10  				In ‘setting’ the tools, apply a few drops of sweet oil to the Arkansas stone. 1892    Leisure Hour Apr. 387/1  				Are my razors set yet? < as lemmas | 
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