dew
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Noun (1)
- water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air“in the morning the grass was wet with dew”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Dew \Dew\ (d[=u]), n. [AS. de['a]w; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. d["o]gg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dh[=a]v, to flow. [root]72. Cf. Dag dew.]
1.Moisture from the atmosphere condensed by cool bodies upon their surfaces, particularly at night. [1913 Webster]
Her tears fell with the dews at even.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
2.Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
3.An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc. [1913 Webster]
Dew \Dew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Dewing.] To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. [1913 Webster]
The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. --A. B. Saxton. [1913 Webster]