Word Meanings - WHETTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates. 2. A tippler; one who drinks whets. Steele.

Related words: (words related to WHETTER)

• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• TIPPLER
  1. One who keeps a tippling-house. Latimer. 2. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spirituous liquors, whether he becomes intoxicated or not.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• WHETSTONE
  A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools. The dullness of the fools is the whetstone of the wits. Shak. Diligence is to the understanding as the whetstone to the razor. South. Note: Some whetstones are
• STEELER
  One who points, edges, or covers with steel.