whet
verb (used with object)
to sharpen (a knife, tool, etc.) by grinding or friction.
whetter
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a word derived from
whet.
Example Sentences
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As a starter for 10, it was the ultimate appetite whetter.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
Down to the earth an iron fetter Fast held us, trembling captive crew; Fear of Law's sword, grim Death the whetter, Did swallow up hope's residue.
From Rampolli by George MacDonald
My first visit had been hasty, and only as a whetter to the second.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
As to the other two, they were examples of the truth of that physical observation, that love, like other sweet things, is no whetter of the stomach.
From Joseph Andrews, Volume 2 by Henry Fielding
"Ye hae dune weel," he said—"ye hae whetted my appetite for my ain life; and it matters naething that the whetter and the whet-stane are taen awa when they're nae mair needed!"
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by John Mackay Wilson
