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Definition of Sharpening
1. sharpen [v] - See also: sharpen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sharpening
Literary usage of Sharpening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Tunneling by David William Brunton, John Allen Davis, John Vipond Davies (1922)
"DRILL-sharpening MACHINES Several types of drill-sharpening machines are used in
... The sharpening is accomplished by means of suitable dies or dollies, ..."
2. Modern Tunneling by David William Brunton, John Allen Davis, John Vipond Davies (1922)
"DRILL-sharpening MACHINES Several types of drill-sharpening machines are used in
... The sharpening is accomplished by means of suitable dies or dollies, ..."
3. Modern Tunneling: With Special Reference to Mine and Water-supply Tunnels by David William Brunton, John Allen Davis (1914)
"DRILL-sharpening MACHINES Several types of drill-sharpening machines are used in
... The sharpening is accomplished by means of suitable dies or dollies, ..."
4. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"Watch the drill-sharpening machine for worn dies and dollies. Watch the air
pressure at the sharpening machine; most sharpeners should have at least 80 Ib. ..."
5. Wood Carving: Design and Workmanship by George Jack (1903)
"... Careless sharpening—Rubbing Out the Inside—Stropping Fine Tools—Importance of
Sharp Tools. sharpening HAVING given this brief description of the Tools ..."
6. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1920)
"SCALPEL sharpening* GG LITTLE It takes time and patience to acquire the ability
to sharpen scalpels properly, and to give to every knife edge the same keen ..."
7. Abrasives & Abrasive Wheels, Their Nature, Manufacture and Use: A Complete by Frederic Burnham Jacobs (1919)
"CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE SAW sharpening Band saws and circular saws—Operation of band-saw
sharpening machine —sharpening band saws—Grinding in new teeth—Care of ..."
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