the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Wet
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(imp. & p. p.) of Wet
(2):
(superl.) 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.
(3):
(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.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk.
(6):
(superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
(7):
(a.) A dram; a drink.
(8):
(a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
(9):
(a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Wet'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/wet.html. 1828.
