hone
verb
- to make sharp, literally or figuratively
noun
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Pronunciation: /hoʊn/ / /həʊn/
intj
- Synonym of alas Used to express sorrow, or grief
“Oh, hone! oh, hone! miserable wretch that I am! Do ye mak confession for me, Sir, and I'll say 't after you, as weel as I dow. Oh, hone! oh, hone!”
name
- A surname.
noun
Etymology: Cognate with Icelandic hnúður. Distantly related to knot.
- A kind of swelling in the cheek.
verb
Etymology: French hogner (“to grumble”), which could be a cross of honnir (“to disgrace, shame”) and grogner (“to grunt”).
- To grumble.
“Such tunges ſhuld be torne out by the harde rootes,”
- To pine, lament, or long.
“He lies pitying himself, honing and moaning to himself”