Middle English Dictionary Entry
whetter n.
Entry Info
| Forms | whetter n. Also qwetter, (in surname) wetthere. |
| Etymology | From whetten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A stone for sharpening tools, whetstone;
(b) as surname.
Associated quotations
a
- (1444) in Salzman Building in Engl.337 : [A millstone called a] qwetter [for sharpening tools].
b
- (1332) in Reaney Dict.Br.Surnames378 : Richard le Wetthere.