† whetten, v. Obs.
[f. whet v. + -en5.]
trans. To whet.
| 1582 Stanyhurst æneis iii. (Arb.) 79 My mynd was greedelye whetned Too parle with the Regent. 1597 J. Payne Royal Exch. 22 Sathan now whettens his hornes..to goore the more dyrefully. 1624 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. ii. ii[i]. iv. (ed. 2) 386 To..make him..more iealous, to whetten his loue. |