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Jacobs-Jenkins’s 2013 play takes place during a queasy reunion of three adult siblings at the former plantation in Arkansas that belonged to their recently deceased father — and, if anything, the past ten years have only taken a whetstone to the story’s blade.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
Simply stroke the blade along the whetstone until all the marker is removed.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
In addition to the faces and animals, grooves in one of the rocks were potentially used by Indigenous people in the area as a whetstone to sharpen their arrows.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
One option is to invest in a tool called a whetstone, sharpening stone, water stone, or diamond.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
Simply stroke the blade along the whetstone until all the marker is removed.
—Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
In addition to the faces and animals, grooves in one of the rocks were potentially used by Indigenous people in the area as a whetstone to sharpen their arrows.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
One option is to invest in a tool called a whetstone, sharpening stone, water stone, or diamond.
—Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2023
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“Whetstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whetstone. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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whetstone
noun
whet·stone
ˈhwet-ˌstōn 
ˈwet-
: a stone for sharpening blades
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