DEW, DEWY
ADJECTIVES
► BEDEWY dewy → 1607 obs.
► RORAL consisting of dew, dewy → 1656
► RORANT falling as dew → 1686 obs.
► RORULENT full of, or abounding in dew → 1656
► RORY dewy → 1600 obs.
► ROSCID resembling dew; falling like dew; abounding with dew; dewy, moist, dank → 1626
NOUNS
► BEAUTY-WATER early morning dew → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BEDEWMENT a wetting with or as with dew → a1679 obs.
► DAGS dewdrops → 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAWCH a very heavy dew or drizzling rain → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► MELDROP a dew drop; a hanging drop of water, etc. → 1825 obs.
► PRIDE OF THE MORNING a light shower, or dew at sunrise → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DAG to drizzle, to bedew, to rain → 1825 Eng. dial.
► DAWCH to moisten as with dew; to damp → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
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