Both Uses of
whet
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- As when a boar, by dogs and stalwart youths Attack'd, the shelt'ring thicket leaves, and whets The tusks that gleam between his curved jaws; They crowd around, though ring his clatt'ring tusks, And, fearful though it be, await his rush: So crowded round Ulysses, dear to Jove, The Trojans; he, with brandish'd spear aloft, Sprang forth, and through the shoulder, from above, Deiopites wounded: Thoon next He slew, and Ennomus; then with his spear Chersidamas, in act to quit his car, Thrust…†
Chpt 2.11 *
- Nor, cowardlike, did he th' encounter shun; But firmly stood, as stands a mountain-boar Self-confident, that in some lonely spot Awaits the clam'rous chase; bristles his back; His eyes with fire are flashing; and his tusks He whets, on men and dogs prepar'd to rush: So stood the spear-renown'd Idomeneus, The onset of AEneas, swift in fight, Awaiting; and the friends he saw around He summon'd to his aid; Ascalaphus, Deipyrus, and brave Meriones, Antilochus and Aphareus; to these, Tried…†
Chpt 2.13
Definition:
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(whet) to increase a sense or desire
or more rarely: to sharpen a knife or other cutting edge