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Moistened, covered, or sweetened with sirup, or sweet juice.

To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.

One of certain minute coiled threads in the coating of some seeds. When moistened these threads protrude in great numbers. Gray.

small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.

A coarsely granular substance obtained by heating, and thus partly changing, the moistened starch obtained from the roots of the cassava. It is much used in puddings and as a thickening for soups. See Cassava.

hung at a door or window of a house, over which water is suffered to trickle, in order to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it enters. [India]

in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids. And yet for thee ne wept she neve…

To moisten to a proper consistency and stir thoroughly, as clay for making brick, loam for molding, etc.

Not moistened or wet with liquor; dry. "Unliquored coach." Bp. Hall.

To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten; hence, to overflow or dash against; as, waves wash the shore. Fresh-blown roses washed with dew. Milton. [The landscape] washed with a cold, gray mist. Longfellow.

To wet or supply with water; to moisten; to overflow with water; to irrigate; as, to water land; to water flowers. With tears watering the ground. Milton. Men whose lives gilded on like rivers that water the woodlands. Longfellow.

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. "[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper." Burke. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Wheth…

That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument.