All 5 Uses of
whet
in
Anna Karenina
- But at that very moment Tit stopped of his own accord, and stooping down picked up some grass, rubbed his scythe, and began whetting it.†
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- Behind him came a peasant, and he too was evidently tired, for he stopped at once without waiting to mow up to Levin, and began whetting his scythe.†
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- Levin followed him, trying not to get left behind, and he found it harder and harder: the moment came when he felt he had no strength left, but at that very moment Tit stopped and whetted the scythes.†
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- He glanced at the sky in the interval for whetting the scythes.†
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- The old man had been awake a long while, and was sitting up whetting the scythes of the younger lads.†
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Definition:
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(whet) to increase a sense or desire
or more rarely: to sharpen a knife or other cutting edge