moisture (moistur)

[ O, that infected moisture of his eye! Shak., Lover's Complaint, 1. 323. Lignum Aloes are like Oliue trees, but somewhat greater; the innermost part of the wood is best, with blacke and browne veines, and yeelding an Oylie moysture ; it is sold in weight against Siluer and Gold. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 507. 2. Liquid. [Rare.] If some penurious source by chance appeared Scanty of waters when you scoop'd it dry, And offer'd the full helmet up to Cato, Did he not dash th' untasted moisture from him? Add is on , Cato, iii. 5. Atmospheric moisture, the aqueous vapor of the atmosphere and the aqueous particles suspended in the form of fog and cloud, or precipitated as rain, hail, snow, etc. The proportion of aqueous vapor in the air is variable; it may amount to one twentieth part or more of the whole atmosphere. See hygrometer, hygrometry. moisturet (mois tūr), v. t. [ Who deuideth the a boun dance of the waters into riuers, tereth and moystureth the drye and baren ground? or who maketh a waye for ye stormy wether, that it wa Bible of 1551, Job xxxviii. 26.