Sharpening

Definitions

1. The act by which something is sharpened.
2. The debris produced when a pencil is sharpened.
   in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“There are flourishes and coloratura passages in this art, heightenings and sharpenings of the line that serve⟳ only to give⟳ the needy linear system a value of its own⟳ in confrontation with nature.”

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