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Definition of wet

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Wet (superl.) 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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Wet Nurse :: Wet nurse () A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse..

Scratch :: Scratch (n.) Minute, but tender and troublesome, excoriations, covered with scabs, upon the heels of horses which have been used where it is very wet or muddy..

Rowett :: Rowett (n.) See Rowen.

Cowslip :: Cowslip (n.) In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold..

Skeet :: Skeet (n.) A scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck..

Salix :: Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds..

Pewet :: Pewet (n.) Same as Pewit.

Bruckeled :: Bruckeled (a.) Wet and dirty; begrimed.

Soaky :: Soaky (a.) Full of moisture; wet; soppy.

Dew :: Dew (v. t.) To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.

Unliquored :: Unliquored (a.) Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry.

Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To swell or disfigure (the face) with weeping; to wet with tears.

Moisture :: Moisture (n.) A moderate degree of wetness.

Dry Nurse :: Dry nurse () A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it..

Contract :: Contract (v. i.) To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet..

Slue :: Slue (n.) A slough; a run or wet place. See 2d Slough, 2..

Watertath :: Watertath (n.) A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep..

Sprinkled :: Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land..

Pack :: Pack (n.) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment..

Aquosity :: Aquosity (n.) The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.