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whet — hwet / hwet n. sharpening; stimulus; appetizer v. sharpen; awaken, stimulate … English contemporary dictionary
whets — hwet / hwet n. sharpening; stimulus; appetizer v. sharpen; awaken, stimulate … English contemporary dictionary
whetted — hwet / hwet n. sharpening; stimulus; appetizer v. sharpen; awaken, stimulate … English contemporary dictionary
whetting — hwet / hwet n. sharpening; stimulus; appetizer v. sharpen; awaken, stimulate … English contemporary dictionary
whetstone — /hwet stohn , wet /, n. 1. a stone for sharpening cutlery or tools by friction. 2. anything that sharpens: a whetstone for dull wits. [bef. 900; ME whetston, OE hwetstan. See WHET, STONE] * * * … Universalium
Wheatstone bridge — [hwēt′stōn΄, wēt′stōn΄; ] chiefly Brit [, wēt′stən, hwēt′stən] n. [after Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802 75), Eng physicist] 1. a divided bridge circuit (see BRIDGE1, n. 11) having four resistances in series, used to find the value of an unknown… … English World dictionary
What — What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative pronoun,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What ho — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What if — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
What of it — What What, pron., a., & adv. [AS. hw[ae]t, neuter of hw[=a] who; akin to OS. hwat what, OFries. hwet, D. & LG. wat, G. was, OHG. waz, hwaz, Icel. hvat, Sw. & Dan. hvad, Goth. hwa. [root]182. See {Who}.] [1913 Webster] 1. As an interrogative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
