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moistening

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mois·ten  (moisn)
tr. & intr.v. mois·tened, mois·ten·ing, mois·tens
To make or become moist.
moisten·er n.
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Noun1.moistening - the act of making something slightly wetmoistening - the act of making something slightly wet
dampening
basting - moistening a roast as it is cooking
wetting - the act of making something wet
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He knew what Cornelius meant when heating certain grains, then moistening them, then combining them with others by a sort of grafting, -- a minute and marvellously delicate manipulation, -- and when he shut up in darkness those which were expected to furnish the black colour, exposed to the sun or to the lamp those which were to produce red, and placed between the endless reflections of two water-mirrors those intended for white, the pure representation of the limpid element.
The Black Tulip by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
The only reply that he could hear for a little while was the smack of the horse's hoofs on the moistening road, and the cluck of the milk in the cans behind them.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
Mr Codlin indeed required no such persuasion, as he had already eaten as much as he could possibly carry and was now moistening his clay with strong ale, whereof he took deep draughts with a silent relish and invited nobody to partake--thus again strongly indicating his misanthropical turn of mind.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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