Definition of wet

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Wet (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth..

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Supernal :: Supernaculum (adv. & n.) Good liquor, of which not enough is left to wet one's nail..
Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..
Forwot :: Forwot () pres. indic. 1st & 3d pers. sing. of Forwete.
Wet :: Wet (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table..
Sluice :: Sluice (v. t.) To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows..
Quaggy :: Quaggy (a.) Of the nature of a quagmire; yielding or trembling under the foot, as soft, wet earth; spongy; boggy..
Cockle :: Cockle (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting..
Overshoe :: Overshoe (n.) A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galoche..
Ditch :: Ditch (n.) A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a moat or a fosse..
Wany :: Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.
Siscowet :: Siscowet (n.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also siskawet, siskiwit..
Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..
Wet :: Wet (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
Hygrodeik :: Hygrodeik (n.) A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing directly the percentage of moisture in the air, etc..
Sprinkled :: Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land..
Westness :: Westness (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth..
Spongy :: Spongy (a.) Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy..
Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To mix and stir when wet, as clay for bricks, pottery, etc..
Water :: Water (v. t.) To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines; as, to water silk. Cf. Water, n., 6..
Bruckeled :: Bruckeled (a.) Wet and dirty; begrimed.
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