sharpening
noun B1- The act by which something is sharpened.
- The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
Plural sharpenings
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On this paved yard are to be seen,—pacing to and fro from morning till night, pale, careworn, and haggard, like so many shadows,—the men whom justice holds beneath the steel she is sharpening.
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