Both Uses of
grindstone
in
Moby Dick
- My jack-knife here needs the grindstone.
Chpt 16-18 *grindstone = a stone shaped like a disk that spins and is used to sharpen, grind, or polish
- So once more the sail was shortened, and everything passed nearly as on the previous night; only, the sound of hammers, and the hum of the grindstone was heard till nearly daylight, as the men toiled by lanterns in the complete and careful rigging of the spare boats and sharpening their fresh weapons for the morrow.
Chpt 133-135grindstone = a stone shaped like a disk that spins and is used to grind, sharpen or polish
Definition:
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(grindstone as in: sharpen on a grindstone) a revolving disk-shaped stone used to grind (as when wheat is ground to flour), or used to sharpen or polish (as when sharpening a knife)