Definition of Moistening

1. Noun. The act of making something slightly wet.

Exact synonyms: Dampening
Specialized synonyms: Basting
Generic synonyms: Wetting
Derivative terms: Dampen, Moisten, Moisten

Definition of Moistening

1. Verb. (present participle of moisten) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Moistening

1. moisten [v] - See also: moisten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moistening

moirés
moiser
moisers
moissanite
moist gangrene
moist moment
moist rale
moist tetter
moist wart
moisted
moisten
moistened
moistener
moisteners
moistening (current term)
moistens
moister
moistest
moistful
moistify
moisting
moistless
moistly
moistness
moistnesses
moists
moisture
moisture-repellent
moisture-resistant

Literary usage of Moistening

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association, Institution of Public Health Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"Mr. PRESIDENT:—In accepting the assignment to speak upon the subject of air moistening as applied to mills, I do not understand that I am expected to ..."

2. Chemical Technology; Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to the Arts and by Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Henry Watts, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp (1865)
"For moistening the powder while under the action of the mill, a small watering can, with a very fine rose, is commonly employed ; but the moistening thus ..."

3. Cyaniding Gold and Silver Ores: A Practical Treatise on the Cyanide Process by Henry Forbes Julian, Edgar Smart (1904)
"The average extraction for twelve months on 10 dwts. ore has been 68 per cent. from the direct cyaniding of this material. moistening Dry Crushed Ore. ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Pine wood may be dyed red by moistening with hydrochloric acid, and treating with the vapour of pyrrole. When mixtures of pyridine (1 mol. ..."

5. The Natural Laws of Husbandry by Justus Liebig, John Blyth (1863)
"... its effect on the cultivation of corn — Moist guano loses ammonia — moistening guano with water acidulated with sulphuric acid; effect — Inactivity of ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"... moistening AIR 40. It is very necessary that air which is to be breathed should contain a proper amount of moisture. If the air in a room is too dry, ..."

7. The Land of Fetish by Alfred Burdon Ellis (1883)
"Old Calabar—Duke Town—Capital Punishments—moistening the Ancestral Clay—A Surgeon's Liabilities—Man-eaters—A Mongrel Consul—Curious Judgments. ..."

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