wire edge

noun

The thin, wire-like thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.

Meanings

nounwire edge (plural wire edges)

plural wire edges

  1. The thin, wire-like thread of metal sometimes formed on the edge of a tool by the stone in sharpening it.
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