Wet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj A dram; a drink.

II. Wet ·Impf & ·p.p. of Wet.

III. Wet ·superl Refreshed with liquor; drunk.

IV. Wet ·adj Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

V. Wet ·superl Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.

VI. Wet ·adj Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

VII. Wet ·superl 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.

VIII. Wet ·superl 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.

IX. Wet ·vt 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.

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