Dew

du, n. Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, esp. at night. v. [dewed (dud), dewing.] To wet with dew, bedew. [AS. deaw, D. dauw, Ic. dogg, OHG. tou.\ — Dew'y, a. Covered, or appearing as if covered, with dew; pert, to or like dew; falling gently.— Dewine , n. — Dew'-drop, n. A drop of dew. -lap, n. The fold of skin, etc., hanging from the throats of oxen, which laps or licks the dew in grazing; a fold of skin, etc., on the human throat or chin, esp. when flaccid with age. point, n. (Meteor.)—The temperature at which dew begins to form. ret'ting, n. Proce of softening and removing mucilage from the fibrous and cellular portions of flax and hemp, by exposing the stalks to dew, rain, eun, and air.