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Webster 1913 Edition

Wet

Wet

(wĕt)
,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wetter
;
sup
erl.
Wettest
.]
[OE.
wet
,
weet
, AS.
wǣt
; akin to OFries.
wēt
, Icel.
vātr
, Sw.
våt
, Dan.
vaad
, and E.
water
. √137. See
Water
.]
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.
2.
Very damp; rainy;
as,
wet
weather; a
wet
season
.
“Wet October’s torrent flood.”
Milton.
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
.
4.
Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
[Slang]
Prior.
Wet blanket
,
Wet dock
,
etc. See under
Blanket
,
Dock
, etc.
–
Wet goods
,
intoxicating liquors.
[Slang]
Syn. – Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See
Nasty
.

Wet

,
Noun.
[AS.
wǣta
. See
Wet
,
Adj.
]
1.
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
Have here a cloth and wipe away the
wet
.
Chaucer.
Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the
wet

From drooping plant.
Milton.
2.
Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
3.
A dram; a drink.
[Slang]

Wet

,
Verb.
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.
Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or
wet
the thirsty earth with falling showers.
Milton.
To wet one's whistle
,
to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor.
[Colloq.]
Let us drink the other cup
to wet our whistles
.
Walton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wet

WET

,
Adj.
[Gr., L.]
1.
Containing water, as wet land, or a wet cloth; or having water or other liquid upon the surface, as a wet table. Wet implies more water or liquid than moist or humid.
2.
Rainy; as wet weather; a wet season.

WET

,
Noun.
1.
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. Wear thick shoes or pattens to keep your feet from the wet.
2.
Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

WET

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. wet. But wetted is sometimes used.
1.
To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle or humectate; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in liquor; as, to wet a spunge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
Wet the thirsty earth with falling showrs.
2.
To moisten with drink.

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