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whetter

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whet

  [hwet, wet] verb, whet⋅ted, whet⋅ting, noun
Use whetter in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
2. to make keen or eager; stimulate: to whet the appetite; to whet the curiosity.
–noun
3. the act of whetting.
4. something that whets; appetizer or drink.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S.
a. a spell of work.
b. a while: to talk a whet.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME whetten (v.), OE hwettan (deriv. of hwæt bold); c. G wetzen, ON hvetja, Goth gahwatjan to incite

Related forms:
whetter, noun
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