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whet

Postby KatyBr » Tue Jul 05, 2005 6:40 pm

whet
A verb
1 whet

sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
Category Tree:
change; alter; modify
╚sharpen
╚whet
2 whet, quicken

make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite"
Category Tree:
sensitize; sensitise
╚stimulate; excite; stir
╚whet, quicken

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"to whet" not "to wet", just as least and lest seem to be used interchangeably, so with whet and wet, both wtrong usages.

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Although one can whet a blade on a wet stone.

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Re: whet

Postby Slava » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:17 pm

Although one can whet a blade on a wet stone.
Actually, one's whet stone should be wet.
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