whetted

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whetted

Sounds like wetted

adjective

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.
not comparable (of a surface) exposed to a working fluid. The inside of a valve has whetted parts constructed of corrosion-resistant material.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of whet

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@misc{whetted_2026,
  title = {whetted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whetted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}