v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting. ] [ AS. w&aemacr_;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 ]

a. [ Compar. Wetter superl. Wettest. ] [ OE. wet, weet, AS. w&aemacr_;t; akin to OFries. wēt, Icel. vātr, Sw. våt, Dan. vaad, and E. water. √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 ]

n. [ AS. w&aemacr_;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 ]

n. 1. A Mexican who enters the United States illegally, by wading across the Rio Grande; -- disparaging and offensive. [ PJC ]

2. Hence: An offensive term for a person of Mexican descent, usually intended and considered as an ethnic slur. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- greaser, taco. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physics) That one of the two similar thermometers of a psychrometer the bulb of which is moistened; also, the entire instrument. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. wether, AS. weðer; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. veðr, Sw. vädur, Dan. vædder, Goth. wiþrus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. 'e`tos year; -- originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. Veal, Veteran. ] A castrated ram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A watery or moist state of the atmosphere; a state of being rainy, foggy, or misty; as, the wetness of weather or the season. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Wetness generally implies more water or liquid than is implied by humidness or moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Sweat or sweating; -- a euphemism. [ Colloq. ] [ PJC ]

A nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Photog.) A plate the film of which retains its sensitiveness only while wet. The film used in such plates is of collodion impregnated with bromides and iodides. Before exposure the plate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]