whettedadj.
/ˈhwɛtɪd/ Sharpened.
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the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > sharpened
sharped1340
groundena1400
whetted1563
grounded1566
well-sharpened1567
sharpened1594
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adjective] > sharpened (of appetite)
whetted1876
1563 W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Hastings lxx The whetted tuske, and furrowed forhead hye.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 205 One, who at sight of Supper open'd wide His Jaws before, and Whetted Grinders try'd.
1794 S. T. Coleridge Fall of Robespierre i. 185 Who from a bad man's bosom wards the blow Reserves the whetted dagger for his own.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 391 Then light the torch, and draw the whetted sword!
1876 R. Broughton Joan III. ii. iv. 117 Every one else..beginning to eat with the whetted appetite that going to church always seems to engender.
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