WET
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Wet (wĕt), a. [Compar. Wetter (?); superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. w&aē_;t; akin to OFries. w&ē;t, Icel. v&ā;tr, Sw. våt, Dan. vaad, and E. water. √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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Wet (?), n. [AS. w&aē_;ta. See Wet, a.]
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1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
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Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet.
Chaucer.
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Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet
From drooping plant.
Milton.
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2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
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3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
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Wet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. w&aē_;tan.] 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. “[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper.” Burke.
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Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
Milton.
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To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
Walton.
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