moisont

[ME., also moysoun, me is, harvest).) Harvest; growth. Some ther ben of other moysoun , That drowe nygh to her sesoun. moist (moist), a. and n. Rom. of the Rose, 1. 1677. [ Hire hosen weren of fyn scarlet reed, Ful streyte y-teyd, and shoos ful moyste and newe. Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 457. 2. Damp; s slightly wet; suffused with wetne in a moderate degree: as, moist air; a moist hand. In places drie and hoote we must a igne Hem mooldes moist , and ther as it is colde. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 81. The hills to their [the clouds'] supply Vapour, and exhalation, dusk and moist , Sent up amain. Milton , P. L., xi. 741. Moist chamber, a chamber which enables objects under microscopic examination to remain moist, and be studied without intervention of thin gla . Micrographic Dict.-Moist color. See color. - Moist gangrene. See gangrene, 1.-Moist gum. Same as dextrine. = Syn. 2. Damp, Dank, Moist, Humid. Damp is generally applied where the slight wetne has come from without, and also where it is undesirable or unpleasant: as, a damp cellar, damp sheets, a damp evening. Dank strongly suggests a disagreeable, chilling, or unwholesome moistne . Moist may be a general word, but it is rarely used where the wetne is merely external or where it is un pleasant: as, a moist sponge, a moist hand, moist leather; mean in a favorable condition for vegetation; if we said it was damp, we should probably mean that we ought to be careful about walking upon it." (C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated, p. 293.) Humid is a literary or scientific term for moist, but would be applicable only to that which is so penetrated with moisture that the moisture seems a part of it: as, humid ground, but not a humid sponge or hand. Combing out her long black hair Damp from the river. Tennyson, Prince , iv. My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank . Cole ridge, Ancient Mariner. Shak., Othello, iii. 4. 36. Give me your hand; this hand is moist , my lady. Growths of jasmine turn'd Their humid arms festooning tree to tree. Tennyson, Fair Women. II. n. Wetne ; wet; moisture. So, too much Moist , which (vnconcoct within) The Liuer spreads betwixt the flesh and skin, Puffs vp the Patient, stops the pipes and pores Of Excrements. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 2. 3819 moist le (moist'les), a. Without moisture; dry. land, viii. 29. [ -le .] Warner , Albion's Eng