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Definition of Oilstone
1. Noun. A whetstone for use with oil.
Definition of Oilstone
1. n. A variety of hone slate, or whetstone, used for whetting tools when lubricated with oil.
Definition of Oilstone
1. Noun. A type of stone used for sharpening objects such as knives and razorblades. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oilstone
1. a stone for sharpening tools [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oilstone
Literary usage of Oilstone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bench Work in Wood: A Course of Study and Practice Designed for the Use of by William Freeman Myrick Goss (1888)
"... and whetted on an oilstone. 102. Mallets.—The difference in effect between a
blow given by a hammer and one given by a mallet is so great that, ..."
2. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1914)
"To let an oilstone remain dry a long time, or expose it to the air, ... If an
oilstone is kept in a dry place (most of them are) it should be kept in a box ..."
3. The Boy Engineers: What They Did and how They Did It; a Book for Boys by James Lukin (1889)
"... however, be supposed that the subsequent operation of setting them on the
oilstone was acquired without a long series of failures ; for at first we ..."
4. Screw Thread Production to Close Limits: Manufacturing Methods of Threading by Howard Elsworth Adt (1920)
"Place the oilstone between the teeth of the die at about a 5° angle. ...
The ordinary, or commercial oilstone, in most common use, is the three- cornered ..."
5. The Teacher's Hand-book of Slöjd: As Practised and Taught at Nääs by Otto Aron Salomon, Carl Nordendahl, Alfred Johansson (1904)
"Sharpening with the oilstone is necessary, because the edge produced by the
coarse-grained ... The oilstone is a slab of specially finegrained stone. ..."
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