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Webster 1913 Edition

Dew

Dew

(dū)
,
Noun.
[AS.
deáw
; akin to D.
dauw
, G.
thau
,
tau
, Icel.
dögg
, Sw.
dagg
, Dan.
dug
; cf. Skr.
dhav
,
dhāv
, to flow. √72. Cf.
Dag
dew.]
1.
Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night.
Her tears fell with the
dews
at even.
Tennyson.
2.
Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner.
“The golden dew of sleep.”
Shak.
3.
An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor.
“The dew of his youth.”
Longfellow.
☞ Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.

Dew

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dewed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dewing
.]
To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew.
The grasses grew
A little ranker since they
dewed
them so.
A. B. Saxton.

Dew

,
Adj.
&
Noun.
Same as
Due
, or
Duty
.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dew

DEW

,
Noun.
[G. To thaw.] The water or moisture collected or deposited on or near the surface of the earth, during the night, by the escape of the heat which held the water in solution.

DEW

, v.t To wet with dew; to moisten.

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