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© Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes 2007, originally published by Oxford University Press 2007.
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
Oxford University Press
whetstone
Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes © Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes 2007, originally published by Oxford University Press 2007.
whetstone
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flagstone, ragstone
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Blackstone, jackstone
•sandstone • capstone • hearthstone
•headstone • gemstone • whetstone
•hailstone • gravestone
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freestone, keystone
•greenstone • Wheatstone
•Tinseltown • ringtone • pitchstone
•millstone • whinstone • siltstone
•holystone • semitone
•stepping stone • coping stone
•baritone • acetone • dulcitone
•tritone • drystone • milestone
•limestone
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grindstone, rhinestone
•cobblestone • gallstone • brownstone
•lodestone • soapstone • duotone
•microtone • bluestone • tombstone
•moonstone • touchstone
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bloodstone, mudstone
•sunstone • ironstone • undertone
•monotone • cornerstone
•Silverstone • overtone
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kerbstone (
US curbstone)
•turnstone
•birthstone • flavone • endzone
•cortisone • ozone
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
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Whetstone, George
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright The Columbia University Press
George Whetstone, 1551?–1587, English dramatist and poet. His chief work, the play Promos and Cassandra (1578), is important in the development of English domestic drama and was a source for Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Whetstone, whose works are full of grave moral utterances, was also the author of Rock of Regard (1576), a miscellany of verse and prose; A Remembrance (1577), a poem in honor of his friend George Gascoigne; An Heptameron of Civil Discourses (1582); and A Mirror for Magistrates of Cities (1584).
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.
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whetstone
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright The Columbia University Press
whetstone, natural or manufactured stone used as an abrasive solid to sharpen tools. It is used dry, with water, or with oil. Such a stone of the finer grade used with oil is usually called an oilstone.
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