Definition of Resharpen

1. Verb. sharpen again ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resharpen

1. sharpen [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sharpen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resharpen

resews
resh
reshake
reshaken
reshakes
reshaking
reshapable
reshape
reshapeable
reshaped
reshaper
reshapers
reshapes
reshaping
reshapings
resharpen (current term)
resharpened
resharpening
resharpens
reshave
reshaved
reshaven
reshaves
reshaving
resheath
resheathe
resheathed
resheathes
resheathing
resheaths

Literary usage of Resharpen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Anthropologist by American Anthropological Association, American Ethnological Society (1892)
"Much time was consumed in the necessary resharpen- ing of tools. With the knowledge gained from the experiments made in the manufacture of this implement, ..."

2. Journal of the American Medical Association by American Medical Association (1890)
"... better by working the instrument until the desired part is reached, resharpen the knife and make a section about one five-hundredths of an inch thick. ..."

3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1870)
"Pointing needles and resharpen- ing files are other operations it has been called upon to perform. It was found that a steel wire connected with one pole of ..."

4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1922)
"Among these advantages are the fact that under many conditions a wide-spaced cutter will finish more pieces before it becomes necessary to resharpen it. ..."

5. Leading American Inventors by George Iles (1912)
"Two or three minutes' exposure will resharpen a 14-inch rough file. Second-cut or smooth files are treated even more rapidly. It is amazing to pick up an ..."

6. Compressed Air: Its Production, Uses and Applications; Comprising the by Gardner Dexter Hiscox (1901)
"... between the sand blasts, and the equal hang of the teeth to this " feeling piece " tells the operator the resharpen- ing is uniform from end to end. ..."

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