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whetstone
(encz) | whetstone,brousek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Whetstone
(gcide) | Whetstone \Whet"stone`\, n. [AS. hwetst[=a]n.]
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting,
or sharpening, edge tools.
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The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
--Shak.
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Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to
the razor. --South.
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Note: Some whetstones are used dry, others are moistened with
water, or lubricated with oil.
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To give the whetstone, to give a premium for extravagance
in falsehood. [Obs.]
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whetstone
(wn) | whetstone
n 1: a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives |
whetstone
(foldoc) | Whetstone
The first major synthetic benchmark program,
intended to be representative for numerical (floating-point
intensive) programming. It is based on statistics gathered by
Brian Wichmann at the National Physical Laboratory in
England, using an Algol 60 compiler which translated Algol
into instructions for the imaginary Whetstone machine. The
compilation system was named after the small town of Whetstone
outside the City of Leicester, England, where it was designed.
The later dhrystone benchmark was a pun on Whetstone.
Source code: {C
(ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/benchmark/whetstonec.Z)}, {single
precision Fortran
(ftp://netlib.att.com:/netlib/benchmark/whetstones.Z)},
{double precision Fortran
(ftp://netlib.att.com:/netlib/benchmark/whetstoned.Z)}.
["A Synthetic Benchmark", H.J. Curnow and B.A. Wichmann, The
Computer Journal, 19,1 (1976), pp. 43-49].
(1994-11-14)
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whetstone
(encz) | whetstone,brousek n: Zdeněk Brož |
To give the whetstone
(gcide) | Whetstone \Whet"stone`\, n. [AS. hwetst[=a]n.]
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting,
or sharpening, edge tools.
[1913 Webster]
The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to
the razor. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Some whetstones are used dry, others are moistened with
water, or lubricated with oil.
[1913 Webster]
To give the whetstone, to give a premium for extravagance
in falsehood. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster] |
whetstone slate
(gcide) | Whet \Whet\, n.
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1. The act of whetting.
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2. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer. "Sips,
drams, and whets." --Spectator.
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Whet slate (Min.), a variety of slate used for sharpening
cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also {whetstone
slate}, and oilstone.
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whetstone
(wn) | whetstone
n 1: a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives |
whetstone
(foldoc) | Whetstone
The first major synthetic benchmark program,
intended to be representative for numerical (floating-point
intensive) programming. It is based on statistics gathered by
Brian Wichmann at the National Physical Laboratory in
England, using an Algol 60 compiler which translated Algol
into instructions for the imaginary Whetstone machine. The
compilation system was named after the small town of Whetstone
outside the City of Leicester, England, where it was designed.
The later dhrystone benchmark was a pun on Whetstone.
Source code: {C
(ftp://netlib.att.com/netlib/benchmark/whetstonec.Z)}, {single
precision Fortran
(ftp://netlib.att.com:/netlib/benchmark/whetstones.Z)},
{double precision Fortran
(ftp://netlib.att.com:/netlib/benchmark/whetstoned.Z)}.
["A Synthetic Benchmark", H.J. Curnow and B.A. Wichmann, The
Computer Journal, 19,1 (1976), pp. 43-49].
(1994-11-14)
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