DRENCH, DRENCHED, DRENCHING
ADJECTIVES
► DRUNK drenched; saturated with as much moisture as it can take in or receive- said of a thing → 1382 obs.
► SAP-WET drenched, wet through → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► BAFFIN a severe drenching; usually applied to the drenching and buffeting one gets by being exposed to a storm of wind and rain → 1929 Sc.
► BASKING a drenching in a heavy shower → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
VERBS
► BAIN to drench; to bathe or wash → 1398 obs.
► BESHED to drench, to moisten, to wet with → 1382 obs.
► BLASH to drench, to soak → Bk1911 Sc.
► DRUNKEN to drench, to saturate or soak with liquid → a1300 obs.
► LAY TO THE HIDE to drench through 1898 Sc.
► LAY TO THE SKIN to drench through → 1898 Sc.
► RAMSCOOTER to drench with water from a squirt or syringe → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► SAP to drench; to saturate; to moisten → 1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SOP to drench with moisture; to soak; also, to intoxicate → 1682