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Definition of Resharpens
1. resharpen [v] - See also: resharpen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resharpens
Literary usage of Resharpens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Spons' Mechanics' Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs by Spon (1901)
"... collects together those cutters which have been blunted by use the previous
day, carries them to his grindstone, resharpens them, and da- tributes them ..."
2. Malay Magic: Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"and given to the patient to chew, after which, it is asserted, all pain immediately
ceases. The Pawang then washes his hands, resharpens his tools, ..."
3. Ummagga Jātaka: (The Story of a Tunnel) by T. B. Yatawara (1898)
"The meaning of this stanza is this: "Just as an ignorant man who mistakenly thinks
that there is a heart in the plantain tree and resharpens his iron which ..."
4. Malay Magic, Being an Introduction to the Folklore and Popular Religion of by Walter William Skeat (1900)
"The Pawang then washes his hands, resharpens his tools, and those present sit
down to a meal of saffron-stained pulut rice. This concludes the ceremony for ..."
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