scythestone

English

Etymology

From scythe +‎ stone.

Noun

scythestone (plural scythestones)

1. A whetstone for sharpening scythes.
   • 1963, Crichton Porteous, Portrait of Peakland:

     Some of the stone used to be made into grindstones and scythestones, and aged carpenters and farmmen tell how "kindly" it was to their tools and scythe blades; it left the edges smooth as silk, which synthetic stone (carborundum) never quite does.

References

• “scythestone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.