whet
verb
[ wɛt ]
• sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon).
• "she took out her dagger and began to whet its blade in even, rhythmic strokes"
whet
noun
• a thing that stimulates appetite or desire.
• "he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet"
Origin:
Old English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to German wetzen, based on an adjective meaning ‘sharp’.
