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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-459/
- Published: 2021-05-01T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-19T18:55:35.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

The word for today is…

whet (verb, noun) –  
verb – 1 : to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) – whet a knife  
2 : to make keen or more acute

noun – 1 : a spell of work done with a scythe between the time it is sharpened and the time it needs to be sharpened again  
2 : something that sharpens or makes keen

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whet?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to whet, waz sharp. First used as verb before the 12th century and as a noun is first encountered in 1628.

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