HONEn.
A stone of a fine grit, used for sharpening instruments that require a fine edge, and particularly for setting razors. [We never, I believe, call a hone, a whet-stone. The latter is a stone of coarse grit. See the word.]
HONEv.t.
To rub and sharpen on a bone; as, to hone a razor.
HONEv.i.
To pine; to long.