Both Uses of
whet
in
Jane Eyre
- Soft scene, daring demonstration, I would not have; and I stood in peril of both: a weapon of defence must be prepared — I whetted my tongue: as he reached me, I asked with asperity, "whom he was going to marry now?"†
Chpt 24 *
- I knew the steely ire I had whetted.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(whet) to increase a sense or desire
or more rarely: to sharpen a knife or other cutting edge