From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
[OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
{Water}.]
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1. 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.
"Wet cheeks." --Shak.
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2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
fusion is employed.
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4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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{Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
etc.
{Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wet blanket
n 1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn:
{spoilsport}, {killjoy}, {wet blanket}, {party pooper}]
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