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
"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
When you see them you know what you want; and a half-dozen raw, with a simple salad dressing, were little more than a whetter on the blockade.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
I was for leaving something to the whetter.
From American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany by Various
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
