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Whetter   Listen
noun
Whetter  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, whets, sharpens, or stimulates.
2.
A tippler; one who drinks whets. (Obs.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Whetter" Quotes from Famous Books



... abide the risk," said the Scot, "if you will but come with me; and here is a place convenient, a howff nearer than the Devil, whilk is but an ill-omened drouthy name for a tavern. This other of the Saint Andrew is a quiet place, where I have ta'en my whetter now and then, when I lodged in the neighbourhood of the Temple with Lord Glenvarloch.—What the deil's the matter wi' the man, garr'd him gie sic a spang as that, and almaist brought himself and me ...
— The Fortunes of Nigel • Sir Walter Scott



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