Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate; as, to whet the appetite or the courage. 2. (v. t.) To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife. 3. (n.) The act of whetting. 4. (n.) That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.

Multi-Version Concordance Whet (5 Occurrences) Exodus 11:7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that Jehovah doth make a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. (See JPS NAS) Deuteronomy 32:41 if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Psalms 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Psalms 64:3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: (KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV) Ecclesiastes 10:10 If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)