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adjective

Wet adj. (compar. wetter; superl. wettest)

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."

Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood."

(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.

Refreshed with liquor; drunk. (Slang)

Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.

Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. (Slang)

Synonyms: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.

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Etymology of 'Wetter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wetter" Quotes from Famous Books

... in a little heap by the bed, her face on the letter—her arms spread wide. The letter grew wetter and wetter, and her shoulders ...

— The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) • Charlotte Perkins Gilman

... was soon boarded by a messenger from Mr. Wetter, the outgoing American Consul at Madagascar, and I was piloted ashore. The view of Tamatave from the ship was not prepossessing, and my walk through the city to the hotel was not inspiring. The attempt ...

— Shadow and Light - An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century • Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

... wet handbill on his wetter coat-sleeve. 'She ain't a hedge. She's all manner o' trees. We'll just about have to—' He paused, ...

— A Diversity of Creatures • Rudyard Kipling

... bleasant, We looket at de town Mit sonn-light on de shdeebles, Und wetter fanes doornin' round. Ve sat on de deck in a gorner Und dropled nopody dere, Vhen all aroundt oos de rowdies Peginned to plackguard ...

— The Breitmann Ballads • Charles G. Leland

... We get—whatever you may state— Much rain. The Woodpecker of which fools sing Ne'er tapped Half so persistently. Since Spring I've rapped Your fair false dial day by day, And yet The end—whatever you may say Is wet! 'Twas wet in June, and in July Wet too; In August it is wetter. Why, Trust you? Barometer, you false old chap, You bore! I'm no Woodpecker, and I'll tap ...

— Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, August 29, 1891 • Various

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