whetted

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Having undergone the process of whetting; sharpened or honed.
2. adjective (of a surface) exposed to a working fluid.

   The inside of a valve has whetted parts constructed of corrosion-resistant material.

3. verb simple past and past participle of whet

Similar words

keen wetting cerused surface-active retted frost-worked fluidized waterfast superwet silicoated

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