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whet (verb, noun) –
verb – 1 : to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) – whet a knife
2 : to make keen or more acute

noun – 1 : a spell of work done with a scythe between the time it is sharpened and the time it needs to be sharpened again
2 : something that sharpens or makes keen

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to whet, waz sharp. First used as verb before the 12th century and as a noun is first encountered in 1628.

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