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Webster 1828 Edition
Moistening
MOISTENING
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Definition 2024
moistening
moistening
English
Verb
moistening
- present participle of moisten
Noun
moistening (plural moistenings)
- The act of making something moist.
- 1803, William Taplin, The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
- In all slight and superficial galls, two or three moistenings of the part with cold vinegar will allay the inflammation, and harden the surface […]
- 1803, William Taplin, The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field