moistening

mois·ten

 (moi′sən)
tr. & intr.v. mois·tened, mois·ten·ing, mois·tens
To make or become moist.

mois′ten·er n.
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Noun1.moistening - the act of making something slightly wetmoistening - the act of making something slightly wet
basting - moistening a roast as it is cooking
wetting - the act of making something wet
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Dropping in at Mr Sampson Brass's office on the previous evening, in the absence of that gentleman and his learned sister, he had lighted upon Mr Swiveller, who chanced at the moment to be sprinkling a glass of warm gin and water on the dust of the law, and to be moistening his clay, as the phrase goes, rather copiously.
So he bowed his head and moistening his lips with his tongue, added, "except that the poor fellow is dead."
'Bolder,' said Squeers, tucking up his wristbands, and moistening the palm of his right hand to get a good grip of the cane, 'you're an incorrigible young scoundrel, and as the last thrashing did you no good, we must see what another will do towards beating it out of you.'
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.
For seeds of forest species and major crops such as soybean, corn, cotton, forage species, among others, the recommendations of substrate moistening levels in the test are 2 to 3 times its dry weight for blotter paper and 50 to 60% of its water retention capacity for sand (Varela et al., 2005; Brasil, 2009, 2013; Gonsalves et al., 2015).
The steam box dries fabrics before they enter the machine and can be moistened openly with the moistening box installed at the entry.
Pharmaceutical company Oculus Innovative Sciences (NasdaqCM:OCLS) revealed on Thursday that it has received two new CE Marks in Europe for Microcyn-based Lasercyn solution and hydrogel, formulations to moisten and clean skin following laser skin resurfacing, surgical wounds, abrasions, debridement and moistening of cuts, abrasions and minor burns.
After slightly moistening the mix, position the plant in the center of the pot, fill in around the soil ball firmly and water well.
To investigate the potential causes of a 30-year moistening trend in the upper troposphere, a region 3-7 miles above Earth's surface, Soden, UM Rosenstiel School researcher Eui-Seok Chung and colleagues measured water vapor in the upper troposphere collected by NO satellites and compared them to climate model predictions of water circulation between the ocean and atmosphere to determine whether observed changes in atmospheric water vapor could be explained by natural or human-made causes.
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