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whet
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Definition:to sharpen a blade by grinding with a sharpening stone (whetstone)
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at that very moment Tit stopped of his own accord, and stooping down picked up some grass, rubbed his scythe, and began whetting it.
Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)
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Pea Eye was carefully whetting his bowie knife on the sole of one boot.
Larry McMurtry. Lonesome Dove (1985)
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