Usually means: Sharpen or stimulate someone's mind.
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  1. whet slate: Merriam-Webster
  2. whet-slate, whet slate: Wordnik
  3. whet slate: Wiktionary
  4. Whet slate: Dictionary.com
  5. whet-slate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  6. whet slate: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Whet slate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (mineralogy) A variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; oilstone.

Similar:
horn slate, slatestone, novaculite, snakestone, waterstone, slate, oilstone, polishing slate, grapholite, sclate, more...

Opposite:
blank slate, cleslate, tabulrasa

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Similar:
horn slate, slatestone, novaculite, snakestone, waterstone, slate, oilstone, polishing slate, grapholite, sclate, more...

Opposite:
blank slate, cleslate, tabulrasa



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