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whet englanniksi
To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
(RQ:Shakespeare Merchant of Venice)
(RQ:Milton Poems)
(RQ:Byron Childe Harold)
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(RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar)
1925-29, (w) (translator), (w), ''(w)'', Part I, chapter xvhttps://www.mkgandhi.org/autobio/chap15.htm:
- My faith in vegetarianism grew on me from day to day. Salt's book whetted my appetite for dietetic studies. I went in for all books available on vegetarianism and read them.
(quote-journal)
To preen.
The act of whetting something.
That which whets or sharpens; especially, an appetizer.
(RQ:Spectator)
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