From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . .
Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky,
Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers.
--Milton.
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To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a
dram of liquor. [Colloq.]
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Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles.
--Walton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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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.
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2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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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.
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4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock,
etc.
Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.]
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1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable
degree.
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Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.
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Now the sun, with more effectual beams,
Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet
From drooping plant. --Milton.
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2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.
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3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]
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