n. Hand. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hān; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf. Skr. çā&nsdot_;a, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hone slate
Hone stone,
v. t.
v. i. [ Cf. F. honger to grumble. √37. ] To grumble; pine; lament; long. [ Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Cf. Icel. hūn a knob. ] A kind of swelling in the cheek. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. honestare to clothe or adorn with honor: cf. F. honester. See Honest, a. ] To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable. [ Obs. ] Abp. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. honest, onest, OF. honeste, oneste, F. honnête, L. honestus, fr. honos, honor, honor. See Honor. ]
Belong what honest clothes you send forth to bleaching! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
Look ye out among you seven men of honest report. Acts vi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Provide things honest in the sight of all men. Rom. xii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wives may be merry, and yet honest too. Shak.
n. The act of honesting; grace; adornment. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Honesty; honorableness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
To come honestly by.