MOIST

a. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.

2.
a.

Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.

3.
v.

To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.