HONE (3)

Hone, n. [[AS. hān; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çāṇa, also çō, çi, to sharpen, and E. cone. √38, 228.]] A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone. Tusser. Hone slateSee Polishing slate. — Hone stone, one of several kinds of stone used for hones. See Novaculite.