WET, WETNESS, WETTING
ADJECTIVES
► ALL OF A SWIM very wet → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BASHY wet, rainy, muddy → Bk1898 Eng. dial.
► BLACK-WET thoroughly wet; sodden with water → 1865 Eng. dial.
► BLASHY rainy, wet, gusty → Bk1911 Sc.
► BLATHERED muddy, splashed, wet; defaced → 1768 Sc & Eng. dial.
► BLATHERY muddy, splashed, wet; defaced → 1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BLUTHERED muddy, splashed, wet; defaced → 1768 Sc & Eng. dial.
► BLUTHRIE of the weather: wet, stormy → Bk1898 Sc.
► DABBLY of the weather: wet, rainy, showery, damp → 1879 Eng. dial.
► DAGGED wet with dew, drizzling rain, or a sprinkling of anything → a1605 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► DAGGING of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DAGGLED wet or dirtied by mud, etc. → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DAGGLING trailing in the wet → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DAGGLY wet, showery → 1869 Eng. dial.
► DAGGY of the weather: wet, drizzly, misty, rainy → 1808 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAMPY wet, moist, damp → 1846 Eng. dial.
► DANK wet, watery, wetting: said of dew, rain, clouds, water, etc. → ? a1400 obs.
► DANKISH wet; humid → 1545 obs.
► DAUBING wet, dirty → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DIRTY of the weather: wet, stormy → 1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DRABBLED wet with dirty water, or with dragging in the mire → 1440
► DRIPPLETY wet, rainy → 19C Eng. dial.
► DRIPPY wet, rainy → 1818
► DUNG-WET as wet as dung, thoroughly wet or soaked, having been out in dirty weather; sodden → c1450 Ireland obs.
► GAGGLED daggled, wet or dirtied by mud, etc. → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► HASHY wet, slushy, sleety → Bk1902 Sc.
► HUMECTANT moistening, wetting → 1659 obs.
► HUMECTATE moistened, wetted → 1475 obs.
► HUMIDIOUS moist, wet, watery → 1630 obs.
► IMBRID wet, rainy → 1623 obs.
► IMPLUVIOUS wet with rain → 1656 obs. rare
► JUICY of weather: wet, soaking → 1837 colloq.
► LABBERLY wet; rainy → 1842 Eng. dial.
► LABBERY wet; rainy → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LAIRY wet, swampy, miry → a1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LAPPERY wet, rainy, showery → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LASHY very wet, cold, raw, damp → 1787 Eng. dial.
► LEAKING very wet, soaked, dripping → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LEAKING-WET very wet, soaked, dripping → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LEASTY of the weather: dull, wet, rainy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MADEFACIENT making moist, wetting → 1727 obs. rare
► MADENT wet, moist → 1727 obs. rare
► MADID wet, moist ..1615 rare
► MUGGY moist, damp, wet; musty, mouldy → 1731
► NESH damp, moist, wet → 1387 rare
► OHRISH wet, dirty, muddy → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► RAFTY misty, wet, cold, draughty → Bk19C Eng. dial.
► RAGGLIE wet and misty → 1955 Sc.
► RATHER OF THE WETTEST very wet → 1870 Eng. dial.
► RATY of the weather: cold, wet, stormy → 1856 Eng. dial.
► ROTTEN of weather or climate: damp, wet, rainy → 1567
► SAFT wet, rainy, damp → 1812 Sc.
► SAM-ZODY sodden, soft, damp, wet → 1889 Eng. dial.
► SAM-ZOED sodden, soft, damp, wet → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SAP wet, rainy → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SAPPIE ► SAPPY full of moisture; moist; wet; sodden; rainy → c1470 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SAP-WET drenched, wet through → Bk1904 Eng. dial.
► SATCHED extremely wet → 2012 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SCOORIE ► SCOURIE ► SCOWRY blustery with rain, wet and squally → 1773 Sc.
► SCOORING showery, wet and windy → 1939 Sc.
► SOPPY adj. very wet or rainy → 1872
► SOUR adj. of weather, etc.: cold and wet; inclement → 1582
► SUBRIGUOUS moist, wet, and watery underneath → 1656 obs.
► SUMP WET wet to the skin → Bk1849 Eng. dial.
► SUMPY wet, boggy → Bk1912 Eng. dial.
► THONE damp, moist, wet; soft from dampness → 1691 Eng. dial.
► THONISH damp, wettish → 1740 Eng. dial.
► THROUGH-WET wet to the skin → 1901 Eng. dial.
► UVID moist, wet → 1656 obs. rare
► WACHIE clammy, wet; foggy → Bk1905 Sc.
► WACK ► WAK moist, damp, wet → 1513 Sc. obs.
► WAT wet → B1900 Sc.
► WET AS THATCH very wet → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WET ENOUGH TO BOG A DUCK said of extremely wet weather → Bk1999 Aust. sl.
NOUNS
► CAB a sticky mass; anything dirty, wet, or clammy; a cold sweat → 1790 Eng. dial.
► DANK wetness, humidity, damp → a1400 obs.
– a wet place, a pool, a marsh → 1513 obs.
► DRABBLE a wet mass → 1893 US
► HUMECTATION a moistening or wetting; irrigation → 1544
► LACKEN-DAY a wet day → Bk1902 N. Ireland
► MADEFACTION a wetting; the act of making wet or moist → 1581 now rare or obs.
► MADEFICATION a moistening or wetting → 1727 obs.
► MADIDITY moisture, wetness → 1656 obs.
► MADIDNESS moistness, wetness → 1731 obs.
► MILLDEW wet, rain, fog; cold raw weather → 1900 Sc.
► POPE WEATHER a wet, rainy day → 1767 US
► SOFT DAY a wet day → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SOP a thorough wetting or soaking → 1729
► VA a wet piece of ground → 1908 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DABBLE-DOCK a person ‘battered with storms, having all his clothes wet’ → 1824 Sc. obs.
► LABBER a person whose clothing is wet and draggled; a ‘draggle-tail’ → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
PHRASES
► BE NEITHER SUGAR NOR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather → 1855
► NOT TO BE MADE OF SUGAR OR SALT not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather → 1855
VERBS
► BEDABBLE to wet with dirty liquid, or in such a way as to make untidy or dirty → 1590
► BEDRABBLE to make wet and dirty with rain and mud → c1440
► BEDRAGGLE to wet dress, skirts, etc. so that they drag, or hang lip and clinging with moisture; to soil clothes by walking in the dirt → 1727
► BESHED to drench, moisten, wet with → 1382 obs.
► DAGGLE to wet and soil a garment etc., by trailing it through mud or wet grass; to wet by splashing or sprinkling → 1530
► DAMP to wet, to moisten slightly → 1853 Eng. dial.
► DANK to wet, to damp, to moisten; orig. said of dew, mist, drizzling rain → a1310 obs.
► DRABBLE to become wet and dirty by dabbling in or trailing through water or mire → 1400
► HUMECT to moisten, to wet → 1531
► HUMECTATE to moisten, to wet → 1640
► JABBLE to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew → Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► LABBER to wet; to become wet → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► LAG to daggle, to render wet or muddy → c1440 obs.
► LEACH to water, to wet → c888 obs. rare
► MADEFY to make wet; to moisten → c1420 obs.
► MADIDATE to wet or moisten → 1656 obs.
► SOG to become soaked or saturated with wet → 1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► UMBEWET to wet about → c1440 obs.