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  • 91jarble — North Country (Newcastle) Words to wet, to bedew; as by walking in long grass after dew or rain …

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  • 92moisture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Dampness Nouns 1. moisture, moistness, humidity, dampness, wet[ness], dankness, clamminess; hygrometry. See water. 2. dew, fog, mist. See cloudiness, vapor. 3. wetlands, marsh[land], swamp[land],… …

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  • 93spatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. splash, sprinkle; besprinkle, bedraggle, bespatter; sully, soil. See uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. splash, spot, wet, soil, swash, sprinkle, scatter, stain, bespatter, splatter, dash, dot,… …

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  • 94sprinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scatter, spread, sow; spray, wet; speckle, mottle, powder; drizzle, shower. See water, dispersion, moisture. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dampen, bedew, spray; see moisten , spatter . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 95moisten — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. wet, sprinkle, dampen, saturate, drench, moisturize, waterlog, steep, sog, sop, dip, rinse, wash, wash over, wet down, humidify, water, water down, squirt, shower, rain on, splash, splatter, bathe, steam, bedew, spray, mist …

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  • 96Moisture — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Moisture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 moisture moisture Sgm: N 1 moistness moistness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 humidity humidity humectation Sgm: N 1 madefaction| madefaction| dew Sgm: N 1 serein …

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  • 97bedag — v. a. == bedew with mud; part. ‘bydagged.’ Alys. 5485. ON. dogg. Sw dagg. == dew. Not connected with ‘dagged’ == cut into slips; vandyked, as applied to clothing, which comes from AS. dag …

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  • 98besprinkle — v. a. Sprinkle, bedew, bestrew, sprinkle over, scatter over, cover with drops or spray …

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  • 99sprinkle — I. v. a. 1. Scatter, strew. 2. Bedew, besprinkle, scatter. 3. Wash, cleanse, purify. II. v. n. Ram (moderately) …

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  • 100dampen — verb 1) the rain dampened her face Syn: moisten, damp, wet, dew, water; literary bedew Ant: dry 2) nothing could dampen her enthusiasm Syn: lessen, decrease …

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