whittled

/W IH1 T AH0 L D/
verb
  1. 1

    To cut or shape wood with a knife.

  2. 2

    To reduce or gradually eliminate something (such as a debt).

  3. 3

    To make eager or excited; to excite with liquor; to inebriate.

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