\Hone\, v. i. [Etymology uncertain. [root]37.]
To pine; to lament; to long. --Lamb.

\Hone\, n. [Cf. Icel. h[=u]n a knob.]
A kind of swelling in the cheek.

\Hone\, n. [AS. h[=a]n; akin to Icel. hein, OSw. hen; cf.
Skr. [,c][=a][.n]a, also [,c][=o], [,c]i, to sharpen, and E.
cone. [root]38, 228.]
A stone of a fine grit, or a slab, as of metal, covered with
an abrading substance or powder, used for sharpening cutting
instruments, and especially for setting razors; an oilstone.
--Tusser.
{Hone slate}See {Polishing slate}.
{Hone stone}, one of several kinds of stone used for hones.
   See {Novaculite}.

\Hone\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Honed} (h[=o]nd); p]. pr. &
vb. n. {Honing}.]
To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to
sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

\Hone\, v. i. [Cf. F. honger to grumble.]
To grumble; pine; lament; long. [Dial.Eng. & Southern U. S.]