wheston

• hweston, questane, quetstone, wetston, whatstane, whestone, whetesston, whetestone, whetstan, whetstane, whetston, whetstoon, whettstone

Inherited from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain. Equivalent to whetten +‎ ston.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhwɛ(t)stɔ̝ːn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhwɛ(t)stɑːn/ (Early Middle English)
• IPA^(key): /ˈxwɛ(t)staːn/ (Northern)

wheston (plural whestones)

1. A whetstone (stone used for sharpening or suited for such a use).
2. A whetstone used for grating.
3. A whetstone mounted on a necklace signifying that the wearer is a liar.

• English: whetstone
  • Tok Pisin: wetston
• Scots: whatstane

• “whet-stōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 April 2018.