Whet
51whet one's appetite — Not wet. The word has nothing to do with heightened salivary flow or anything of the like. It comes from an Old English word, hwettan, meaning sharpen. Hence also whetstone, for a stone used to sharpen knives …
52whet your appetite — If something whets your appetite, it interests you and makes you want more of it. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
53whet v, to - one's appetite — wet adj …
54whet-slate — n. (Min.) Novaculite, whetstone slate, Turkey stone, oil stone, whetstone …
55whet one's whistle — phrasal archaic : wet one s whistle …
56whet slate — noun : a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments …
57whet·stone — /ˈwɛtˌstoʊn/ noun, pl stones [count] : a stone used for sharpening knives, blades, etc …
58Northern Saw-whet Owl — Conservation status Least Concern ( …
59Unspotted Saw-whet Owl — Taxobox name = Unspotted Saw whet Owl status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Strigiformes familia = Strigidae genus = Aegolius species = A. ridgwayi binomial = Aegolius ridgwayi binomial… …
60saw-whet owl — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also saw whet : a very small No. American owl (Cryptoglaux acadica) that is largely dark brown above and white beneath with vertical brown stripes on the breast, has a rasping metallic call suggesting the filing of a saw, and… …