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, Anal. Mel., III. II[I]. iv. (ed. 2), 386. To … make him … more iealous, to whetten his loue.
