Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.]

[OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel. v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See Water.]

1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table. ``Wet cheeks.'' --Shak.

2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. ``Wet October's torrent flood.'' --Milton.

3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or fusion is employed.

4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.

Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.

Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]

Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Wet \Wet\, n. [AS. w[=ae]ta. See Wet, a.]

1. Water or wetness; moisture or humidity in considerable degree.

Have here a cloth and wipe away the wet. --Chaucer.

Now the sun, with more effectual beams, Had cheered the face of earth, and dried the wet From drooping plant. --Milton.

2. Rainy weather; foggy or misty weather.

3. A dram; a drink. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Wet \Wet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wet (rarely Wetted); p. pr. & vb. n. Wetting.]

[AS. w[=ae]tan.]

To fill or moisten with water or other liquid; to sprinkle; to cause to have water or other fluid adherent to the surface; to dip or soak in a liquid; as, to wet a sponge; to wet the hands; to wet cloth. ``[The scene] did draw tears from me and wetted my paper.'' --Burke.

Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise . . . Whether to deck with clouds the uncolored sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. --Milton.

To wet one's whistle, to moisten one's throat; to drink a dram of liquor. [Colloq.]

Let us drink the other cup to wet our whistles. --Walton.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)