scythestone

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noun

A whetstone for sharpening scythes.

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Meanings

nounscythestone (plural scythestones)

plural scythestones

  1. A whetstone for sharpening scythes.

    Some of the stone used to be made into grindstones and scythestones, and aged carpenters and farmmen tell how "kindly" it was to their tools and scythe blades; it left the edges smooth as silk, which synthetic stone (carborundum) never quite does.

    1963, Crichton Porteous, Portrait of Peakland

Origin

From scythe + stone.

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APA

scythestone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scythestone

MLA

“scythestone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scythestone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scythestone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scythestone.

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