Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (superl.) Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. 2. (superl.) Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. 3. (superl.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed. 4. (superl.) Refreshed with liquor; drunk. 5. (a.) Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree. 6. (a.) Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather. 7. (n.) A dram; a drink. 8. (imp. & p. p.) of Wet 9. (v. t.) To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth.
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