Moist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
moist
    adj 1: slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist
           breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: {damp}, {dampish},
           {moist}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moist \Moist\, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L.
   muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. {Mucus}, {Mucid}.]
   1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist
      atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." --Shak.
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   2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A
      draught of moist and corny ale." --Chaucer.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Moist \Moist\, v. t.
   To moisten. [Obs.] --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "moist":
      boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, fenny,
      foggy, gooey, humid, lachrymose, marshy, maudlin, misty, muggy,
      mushy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sappy, slushy, soggy, soupy,
      steamy, sticky, swampy, tacky, tearful, teary, undried, wet,
      wettish
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