Whet

They whet the palate by forcing you to tune into subtleties in flavouring and the natural tastes of the very fresh ingredients.

Just to whet our appetites, and to make us more appreciative of history in the making.

That daily hour and a half of repetitious activity is necessary to whet the fine edge of our skills to razor sharpness.

Fish and prawn kababs in mint and garlic chutney and squid fritters in hot garlic sauce whet the palate for the sumptuous spread.

Another way to whet the knowledge of students on medical quiz.

It also whet the tastebuds of an unfriendly adder – Britain’s only poisonous snake species.

he swallowed his two dozen oysters as a whet

For people living in an oppressed or corrupt society, the truth can whet demand for change.

To show off his intelligence, and to whet his ego.

All right, here’s something else to whet your whistle, low-carb, low-calorie drinks, you’re seeing a lot more new versions of these.

The ingredients are fresh and tasty, and it’s a nice way to whet your palate for the flavours to come.

There is a range of inspired burger variations, but anyone who recoils from a slab of red meat will find plenty to whet the tastebuds from the fish, chicken and vegetarian selections.

here’s an extract to whet your appetite

It should be a platform for all film-makers to exchange their ideas and whet their skills.

here’s an extract to whet your appetite

Apart from the gig guaranteeing a great way to bring in the New Year, it should also whet fans’ palates for the release of their new album early next year.

The elements in this dish could work well together, but the overall effect just isn’t subtle enough towhet your palate for more.

If both of these dishes were meant to whet the palate for something more flavourful, they certainly did the trick.

The first thing brought to the table is a bowl of fresh, lightly salted peas in their pods, to whet the palate for more beer – serving the same purpose as salty popcorn in local drinking holes.

Using the clear water from the pool, Mo Ye and Gan Jiang whetted swords on this stone to hone their cutting-edges.

The whetters constantly shear the edge of the cutters (like a whetstone) making them razor sharp weapons that can fatally puncture an opponent or easily slice through a 3 inch tree root.

A house suited for quiet family life but within an hour of Dublin whets the appetite of country loving commuters.

I hope I’ve whetted your appetite without giving away too many details, so that you will consider picking up this book yourself – after all, it’s out in paperback at the beginning of February.

After whetting the whistle at the pub, many will go on to dance at one of London’s countless dance clubs.

Workers went through massive upheaval and militant struggle during the First World War and their radicalism was whetted by news of the Russian Revolution.

Timothy whetted the knife he used to butcher the goats.

An adjustment device automatically varies the positions of the knife so that the knife engages thewhetter more or less constantly.

The action of the lower tushes rubbing against the upper whetters is called ‘whetting.’

The tusks on the barrs that I have seen are very thick and seem to hold up fine with the whettersintact.