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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Ye  mists  and  exhalations,  that  now  rise  .  .  .  Whether 
  to  deck  with  clouds  the  uncolored  sky,  Or  wet  the 
  thirsty  earth  with  falling  showers.  --Milton. 
 
  {To  wet  one's  whistle},  to  moisten  one's  throat;  to  drink  a 
  dram  of  liquor.  [Colloq.] 
 
  Let  us  drink  the  other  cup  to  wet  our  whistles. 
  --Walton. 




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