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wettest |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.] [OE. wet, weet, AS w[=ae]t; akin to OFries w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]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}.
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