Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moisture"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Moisture \Mois"ture\, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.]
1. A moderate degree of wetness. --Bacon.
2. That which 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
moisture
n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
window" [syn: {wet}]
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