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whetted en · ADJ
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(not-comparable) Having undergone the process of whetting; sharpened or honed.
Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 46:
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(not-comparable) (of a surface) exposed to a working fluid.
The inside of a valve has whetted parts constructed of corrosion-resistant material.
Deriveds
unwhetted
whetted en · VERB
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(form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of whet