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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {To wet one's whistle}, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. --Walton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." --Milton. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. [1913 Webster] {Wet blanket}, {Wet dock}, etc. See under {Blanket}, {Dock}, etc. {Wet goods}, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] [1913 Webster] Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See {Nasty}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See {Wet}, a.] [1913 Webster] 1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. [1913 Webster] Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. [1913 Webster] 3. A dram; a drink. [Slang] [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: wet adj 1: covered or soaked with a liquid such as water; "a wet bathing suit"; "wet sidewalks"; "wet weather" [ant: {dry}] 2: containing moisture or volatile components; "wet paint" [ant: {dry}] 3: supporting or permitting the legal production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "a wet candidate running on a wet platform"; "a wet county" [ant: {dry}] 4: producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows" [syn: {wet}, {lactating}] [ant: {dry}] 5: consisting of or trading in alcoholic liquor; "a wet cargo"; "a wet canteen" 6: very drunk [syn: {besotted}, {blind drunk}, {blotto}, {crocked}, {cockeyed}, {fuddled}, {loaded}, {pie-eyed}, {pissed}, {pixilated}, {plastered}, {slopped}, {sloshed}, {smashed}, {soaked}, {soused}, {sozzled}, {squiffy}, {stiff}, {tight}, {wet}] n 1: wetness caused by water; "drops of wet gleamed on the window" [syn: {moisture}, {wet}] v 1: cause to become wet; "Wet your face" [ant: {dry}, {dry out}] 2: make one's bed or clothes wet by urinating; "This eight year old boy still wets his bed" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: WET Western European Time [+0000] (TZ, WDT) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: wet /wɛt/ 1. act 2. law