| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class III. Words Relating to Matter | | Section II. Inorganic Matter | | 2. Fluid Matter |
| 2. Specific Fluids |
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| 339. Moisture. |
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| NOUN: | MOISTURE; moistness &c. adj.; humidity, humectation; madefaction [obs.], dew; serein [F.]; marsh [See Marsh].
hygrometry, hygrometer.
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| VERB: | MOISTEN, wet; humect or humectate [rare]; sponge, damp, bedew; imbue, imbrue, infiltrate, saturate; soak, sodden, seethe, sop, dampen; drench (water) [See Water].
BE MOIST &c. adj.; not have a dry thread; perspire (exude) [See Egress].
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| ADJECTIVE: | MOIST, damp; watery [See Water]; madid [now rare], undried, humid, wet, dank, muggy, dewy; roric; roriferous, rorifluent [both rare], roral [obs.], rorid [obs.]; roscid [rare]; juicy.
SATURATED &c. v.; wringing wet; wet through, wet to the skin.
SODDEN, swashy [dial.], soppy, soggy, dabbled; reeking, dripping, soaking, droukit [Scot.], soft, sloppy, muddy; swampy (marshy) [See Marsh]; irriguous.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Honest water, which ne’er left man i’ the mire.—Timon of Athens
- My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank.—Coleridge
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