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Moist   /mɔɪst/   Listen
adjective
Moist  adj.  
1.
Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes."
2.
Fresh, or new. (Obs.) "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale."


verb
Moist  v. t.  To moisten. (Obs.)





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"Moist" Quotes from Famous Books



... stepped up to Freneli, and tears stood in his honest eyes; while they were rolling down her aunt's cheeks. Then Freneli looked up at him and her eyes grew moist, though mockery and defiance still quivered about her mouth; but the repressed love broke through and began to send its shining rays out of her eyes, while her maidenly reluctance cast up her lips as bulwark ...
— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VIII • Various
... a, not; neros, moist) is so called because it requires neither mercury, glycerine, water, nor any other liquid in its construction. It consists essentially of a small, flat, metallic box made of elastic metal, and from which the air has been partially exhausted. ...
— The Mastery of the Air • William J. Claxton
... the fire, pour the dry coffee gently on the top of the water, cover tightly and move it near the fire where it will keep warm but will not boil again. In about thirty minutes the coffee will have become moistened and sunk to the bottom of the pail. If the coffee is slow in becoming moist, time may be saved by removing the cover for a moment and pressing gently with a spoon on the top of the coffee, but the mixture must not be stirred. It is essential that the water be boiling when the coffee is added, that the cover be absolutely tight, and ...
— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts
... the living-room. T. A. Buck followed thoughtfully. Thoughtfully and interestedly he watched her as she stood on tiptoe, breathed stormily upon the mirror's surface, and rubbed the moist place with her handkerchief. She stood back ...
— Roast Beef, Medium • Edna Ferber
... are dried and made moist with very much diluted potash lye (1 to 2 drops of a 33 per cent. potash lye in a watch glass of distilled water). The tubercle bacilli are then easily recognized with a magnifying power of 400 to 500. By light pressure upon the cover glass the bacilli are easily pressed ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 • Various


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