Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. {Wetter}; superl. {Wettest}.]
[OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
{Water}.]
1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak.
2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet
October's torrent flood.'' --Milton.
3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
fusion is employed.
4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
{Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock},
etc.
{Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See {Wet}, a.]
1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
degree.
Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.
Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered
the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping
plant. --Milton.
2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wet} (rarely {Wetted}); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Wetting}.] [AS. w[=ae]tan.]
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 . . . Whether
to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the
thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton.
{To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wet
adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet
bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet paint"; "wet
weather" [ant: {dry}]
2: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet
platform"; "a wet county" [ant: {dry}]
3: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow";
"lactating cows" [syn: {lactating}] [ant: {dry}]
4: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo";
"a wet canteen"
5: slang for `drunk' [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto},
{crocked}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed}, {pixilated},
{plastered}, {potty}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed}, {soaked},
{soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tiddly}, {tiddley},
{tight}, {tipsy}]
n : wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the
window" [syn: {moisture}]
v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: {dry}]
2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year
old boy still wets his bed"
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