Wet

wet, adj. containing water: having water on the surface: rainy: ( slang ) given to drinking, tipsy: ( U.S. ) allowing the sale of intoxicating liquors, as opposed to prohibition.— n. water or wetne : moisture: act of wetting, a dram, a debauch.— v.t. to make wet: to soak with water: to sprinkle: ( slang ) to celebrate by drinking:— pr.p. wet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. wet, (rarely) wet′ted. — ns. Wet′-cup′ping , the simultaneous application of a cupping-gla and the making an incision on the skin; Wet′-dock , a dock or basin for floating ve els at all states of the tide; Wet′ne ; Wet′-nurse , a nurse who suckles a child for its mother.— adj. Wet′-shod , having shoes or feet wet.— n. Wet′ting-machine′ , a machine used to damp paper for printing.— adj. Wet′tish , somewhat wet.— Wet bob ( slang ), a boy at school who goes in for rowing in preference to cricket or football; Wet bulb thermometer (see Psychrometer ); Wet goods , liquors; Wet meter , a gas-meter in which the gas to be measured pa es through water; Wet plate ( phot. ), a plate coated with collodion and sensitised with a salt of silver.— A wet blanket , a damper, kill-joy. [A.S. wǽt ; Ice. vátr ; from root of water.]