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Webster 1828 Edition

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Rubbed for sharpening; sharpened; provoked; stimulated.

whetted

(technology) (of surface) exposed to a working fluid
The inside of a valve has whetted parts constructed of corrosion resistant material.

The fluid can be wet or dry, liquid or gas, as opposed to wetted which applies almost exclusively to liquid and most commonly to water.

whetted