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ich moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. All my body's moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. Shak.

Without moisture.

Excess of moisture.

A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

To drench; to saturate with moisture; to soak. Shak.

Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.

adherent coating of the magnetic oxide of iron (which is not liable to corrosion by air, moisture, or ordinary acids). This is accomplished by producing, by oxidation at about 1600º F. in a closed space, a coating containing more or less of the ferric oxide (Fe2O3) and the subsequent change of this in a reduced atmosp…

Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle.

Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.

condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

pathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in the air, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue when warmed.

An accumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." Whewell. "A purulent collection." Dunglison.

To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath.

Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.

To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]

To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies. In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black.