Sand and gravel are stone broken into bits. A whetstone, flint, marble etcetera are ordinary stones.
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Whetstone
/ˈʍɛtˌstoʊn/
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Tom slid the knife across the whetstone until it was razor-sharp.
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The blacksmith kept a whetstone beside the forge.
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[…]for alwaies the dulneſſe of the foole, is the whetstone of the wits.
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