I felt I was getting on; not lying the stagnant prey of mould and rust, but polishing my faculties and whetting them to a keen edge with constant use.
Slight bitterness can make dishes fresher and more delicious, greatly whetting the appetite.
When he had drawn out his knife and was whetting it on the door-step to kill the lamb, he noticed a little fish swimming backwards and forwards in the water, in front of the kitchen-sink and looking up at him.
A Wild Boar was whetting his tusks against a tree, when a Fox coming by, asked why he did so; "for," said he, "I see no reason for it; there is neither hunter nor hound in sight, nor any other danger that I can see, at hand.
Whenhe had drawn out his knife and was whetting it on the door-stepto kill the lamb, he noticed a little fish swimming backwardsand forwards in the water, in front of the kitchen-sink andlooking up at him.
"See, children, that is the way of the world," said the mother duck, whetting her beak, for she would have liked the eel's head herself.
