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Webster 1913 Edition
Moisten
Mois′ten
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Moistened
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Moistening
.] 1.
To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
A pipe a little
moistened
on the inside. Bacon.
2.
To soften by making moist; to make tender.
It
moistened
not his executioner’s heart with any pity. Fuller.
Webster 1828 Edition
Moisten
MOISTEN
,Verb.
T.
A pipe a little moistened on the inside.
His bones are moistened with marrow. Job 21.