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Middle English
Noun
whatstane
- Alternative form of wheston
Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English whetstan (compare southern wheston), from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain.
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Noun
whatstane (plural whatstanes)
- whetstone