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Whetted

adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having undergone the process of whetting; sharpened or honed. not-comparable

    "Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle."

  2. 2
    (of a surface) exposed to a working fluid. not-comparable

    "The inside of a valve has whetted parts constructed of corrosion-resistant material."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of whet form-of, participle, past

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