Whet

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 517

hwet, v. t. To rub with a stone, etc., for the purpose of sharpening, as an edge-tool; to make sharp, keen, or eager; to stimulate; to stir up, excite, provoke. — n. Act of sharpening by friction; something that provokes or stimulates the appetite. — Whet's tone, -st5n, n. A stone used for sharpening edged instruments by fric'ion.