GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Wet , a. [Compar. Wetter ; superl. Wettest.] [OE. wet, weet, AS. wǣt; akin to OFries. wēt, Icel. vātr, Sw. våt, Dan. vaad, and E. water. √137. See Water.]
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   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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   Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. “Wet October's torrent flood.” 
   Milton.
   
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   (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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   Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang]
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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. wǣta. See Wet, a.]
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   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.
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   Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
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   A dram; a drink. [Slang]
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   Wet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.] [AS. wǣtan.] 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.
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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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