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Definition of: whet
(hwet) v.t. whet·ted, whet·ting
1. To sharpen, as a knife, by friction.
2. To make more keen or eager; excite; stimulate, as the appetite.
—noun
1. The act of whetting.
2. Something that whets. [OE hwettan]
—whet′ter noun
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