English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Wet
(superl.)
Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
Wet
(a.)
Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
Wet
(a.)
Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
Wet
(a.)
A dram; a drink.
Wet
(imp. & p. p.)
of Wet
Wet
(v. t.)
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.
A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of
another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
Wet-shod
(a.)
Having the feet, or the shoes on the feet, wet.
Wetbird
(n.)
The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.
Wether
(n.)
A castrated ram.
of Wet
Wetting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Wet
Wettish
(a.)
Somewhat wet; moist; humid.
Wevil
(n.)
See Weevil.
Wex
(v. t. & i.)
To grow; to wax.
Wex
(imp.)
Waxed.
Wex
(n.)
Wax.
Wey
(n.)
Way; road; path.
Wey
(v. t. & i.)
To weigh.
Wey
(n.)
A certain measure of weight.