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The science or art of comparing or measuring degrees of moisture. Evelyn.

ric acid. Hypophosphoric acid (Chem.), an acid, P2H4O6, produced by the slow oxidation of moist phosphorus, and isolated only as a solution in water. It is regarded as a condensation product of one molecule of phosphoric acid with one of phosphorous acid, by partial dehydration.

ck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture.

To wet or moisten; to soak; to drench, especially in blood. While Darwen stream, will blood of Scots imbrued. Milton.

The act of soaking or moistening; maceration; solution in the juice of herbs. [Obs.] Coxe. The medicating and insuccation of seeds. Evelyn.

en pure, or an fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.…

To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew.

Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton.

To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew. [Obs.]

The act of bedewing; the state of being moistened with de [Obs.] Chambers.

To moisten; to wet. [Obs.] Fuller.

e. -- Land leech (Zoöl.), any one of several species of blood-sucking leeches, which, in moist, tropical regions, live on land, and are often troublesome to man and beast. -- Land measure, the system of measurement used in determining the area of land; also, a table of areas used in such measurement. -- Land, or Hou…

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

Technically, to make smooth by rubbing in a moist condition between hard surfaces, as in grinding pigments.

To make wet or moist. [R.]

Wet; moist; as, a madid eye. [R.] Beaconsfield.

ite metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required.…

A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals.

a table or register exhibiting the state of the air and its temperature, weight, dryness, moisture, motion, etc.

ch treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.