WHETSTONE
\wˈɛtstə͡ʊn], \wˈɛtstəʊn], \w_ˈɛ_t_s_t_əʊ_n]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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WHETTER.
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A stone for sharpening cutle or tools by friction. Whetstones are made of various kinds of stone, the kinds being made siliceous slat and when used are moistened with or water. “Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to the raz.
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By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).