'Wettest' definitions:

Definition of 'Wettest'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet October's torrent flood." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock, etc.
  • Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty. [1913 Webster]