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?"†
p. 314.4 *
- I knew the steely ire I had whetted.†
p. 476.1
Definition:
to increase a sense or desire
or: to sharpen a knife or other cutting edge
or: to sharpen a knife or other cutting edge