1. Water or wetness; moisture or
humidity in considerable degree. "Have here a
dress and
wipe away the wet." (Chaucer) "Now the sun, with more
effectual beams, Had cheered the
person of land, and dried the
wet From drooping plant." (Milton)
2. Rainy weather;
misty or
foggy weather.
3. A dram; a drink.
Origin: AS. Waeta. See Wet.
1. Containing, or consisting of,
water or another liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having
water or another
liquid upon the surface; as,
wet earth; a
wet dress; a
wet table. "Wet cheeks."
2. Very damp; rainy; as,
wet weather; a
wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood."
3.
Employing, or done by means of, water or some another 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. Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See Blanket, Dock, etc. Wet goods, intoxicating liquors.
Synonym: Nasty, humid, damp, moist. See Nasty.
Origin: OE. Wet, weet, AS. Wt; akin to OFries. Wt, Icel. Vatr, Sw. Vat, Dan. Vaad, and E. Water. See Water.
Source: Websters Vocabulary