dewiness (ew as u), dewinesse

[Eng. dewy; -ne . The quality or state of being dewy, or wet with dew. "A dewine e dispersed or radicale in the very substance of the body."- Bacon : Life and Death. *dew-ing (ew as u), *dew-yng, pr . par . , a . & 8. [DEW, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The falling of dew; dew. "Theo sunne ariseth, and fallith the dewyng." A lisa under, 914. *dě-witt, v.1 . [In reference to the murder of John and Cornel i us De Witt , in Holland, in 1672.] To murder, to a a inate. "They apprehended and dewitted him, one of the brethren taking a sop of his heart-blood."- Brand : Orkney and Zetland, pp. 116, 117.