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Webster 1913 Edition


Dewy

Dew′y

,
Adj.
1.
Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.
A
dewy
mist
Went and watered all the ground.
Milton.
When
dewy
eve her curtain draws.
Keble.
2.
Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.
Dewy
sleep ambrosial.
Cowper.
3.
(Bot.)
Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dewy

DEWY

,
Adj.
1.
Partaking of dew; like dew; as dewy mist.
2.
Moist with dew; as dewy fields.
His dewy locks distilled Ambrosia.