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wet behind the ears
wet blanket
wet cell
Wet cup
Wet cupping
Wet dock
wet down
wet dream
wet fly
wet lung
wet norther
wet nurse
wet one's whistle
wet pack
Wet plate
Wet steam
wet suit
wet wash
Wet, de
wet-bulb thermometer
wet-nurse
Wet-shod
wetback
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
