hone

     

A hone is a machine tool use in the manufacture of precision bores to improve the geometry, surface finish and dimensional control of the finished part. This process is called honing.

Trivia about hone

  • This word meaning "to sharpen" comes from Old English for rock
  • It means to sharpen, but it's now used before "in on" to mean focusing on a target
  • To improve or perfect, it also means to sharpen on a whetstone

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