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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
  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. 
 
  2.  Very  damp;  rainy;  as  wet  weather;  a  wet  season.  ``Wet 
  October's  torrent  flood.''  --Milton. 
 
  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. 
 
  4.  Refreshed  with  liquor;  drunk.  [Slang]  --Prior. 
 
  {Wet  blanket},  {Wet  dock},  etc  See  under  {Blanket},  {Dock}, 
  etc 
 
  {Wet  goods},  intoxicating  liquors.  [Slang] 
 
  Syn:  Nasty;  humid;  damp;  moist.  See  {Nasty}. 




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