n.
v. t.
n. A kind of meat pie. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Cruet. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. See Forewite. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Excessive wetness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Same as Pewit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Rouet. ] A gunlock. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Rowen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF American Indian origin. ] (Zool.) A large, fat variety of the namaycush found in Lake Superior; -- called also
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a.
Wet blanket,
Wet dock
Wet goods,
n. [ AS. w&aemacr_;ta. See Wet, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet
From drooping plant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
To wet one's whistle,
Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. (Zool.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Physics) That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ OE. wether, AS. weðer; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. veðr, Sw. vädur, Dan. vædder, Goth. wiþrus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr.
n.
☞ Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is implied by humidness or moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]
A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Photog.) A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat wet; moist; humid. [ 1913 Webster ]