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WET

1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. "Have here a dress and wipe away the wet." (Chaucer) "Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the person of land, and dried the wet From drooping plant." (Milton) 2. Rainy weather; misty or foggy weather. 3. A dram; a drink. Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet. 1. Containing, or consisting of, water or another liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or another liquid upon the surface; as, wet earth; a wet dress; a wet table. "Wet cheeks." 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." 3. Employing, or done by means of, water or some another liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. Synonym: Nasty, humid, damp, moist. See Nasty. Origin: OE. Wet, weet, AS. Wt; akin to OFries. Wt, Icel. Vatr, Sw. Vat, Dan. Vaad, and E. Water. See Water. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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