whetting
English edit
Verb edit
whetting
- present participle and gerund of whet
Noun edit
whetting (plural whettings)
- The process by which something is whetted.
- 1892, Félix Régamey, Mary French Sheldon, Eli Lemon Sheldon, Japan in art and industry:
- Sand, a series of whettings on stones, and, by way of finish, charcoal of magnolia, are used in polishing.