moist

Characterized by the presence of moisture; not dry; slightly wet; damp.

Will theſe moyſt Trees, That haue out-liu'd the Eagle, page thy heeles And skip when thou point'ſt out?

And [the Angel of the Lord] made the mids of the fornace, as it had bene a moiſt whiſtling wind, ſo that the fire touched them not at all, neither hurt nor troubled them.

Of eyes: wet with tears; tearful; also (obsolete), watery due to some illness or to old age.

[H]aue you not a moiſt eie, a dry hand, a yelow cheeke, a white beard, a decreaſing leg, an increaſing belly? […] and will you yet call your ſelfe yong? fie, fie, fie, ſir Iohn.

Come, the other are conſiderations, when wee come to haue gray heads, and weake hammes, moiſt eyes, and ſhrunke members. Wee'll thinke on 'hem then; then wee'll pray, and faſt.

Of a climate, the weather, etc.: damp, humid, rainy.

Ye Swains, invoke the Pow'rs who rule the Sky, For a moiſt Summer, and a Winter dry: For Winter drout rewards the Peaſant's Pain, And broods indulgent on the bury'd Grain.

[I]n the year 1752, which we may reckon among ſome of our moiſteſt Summers throughout England, more Rain fell at London than at Plymouth, according to an eſtimate made at both places; […]

Of the vagina: sexually lubricated due to sexual arousal; of a woman: sexually aroused, turned on.

He slid a finger in me, checking to make sure I was moist and ready for him.

Characterized by the presence of some fluid such as mucus, pus, etc.

Moistness; also, moisture.

[T]hey launch'd the ship, the mast it bore Advanc'd, sails hoised, every seat his oar Gave with a leather thong. The deep moist then They further reach'd.

Th' Arch-Angel Uriel, one of the ſeav'n […] That run through all the Heav'ns, or down to th' Earth Bear his [God's] ſwift errands over moiſt and dry, O're Sea and Land: […]

To make (something) moist or wet; to moisten.

He calleth for a ſponge (ſaith Theodoritus) and therevvith moiſteth and vvaſsheth Simeones mouthe, and then geueth him the holy Sacrament.

They [the legendary Fortunate Isles] haue raine there very ſeldom, howbeit a gentle winde commonly that bloweth in a litle ſiluer dew, which moiſteth the earth ſo finely, that it maketh it fertile and luſtie, not onely to bring forth all that is ſet or ſowen apon it but of it ſelfe without mans hand it beareth ſo good frute, as ſufficiently maintaineth the inhabitants dwelling apon it, liuing idlely, and taking no paines.

To inspire, to refresh (someone); also, to soften (one's heart).

To rain lightly; to drizzle.

To have an effect of moistening or wetting.

Auyſing the bright bemes of theſe fayer Iyes where he is that myn oft moiſteth & waſſheth

Againe, nothyng moiſteth ſoner then water. Therefore, a wepyng eye cauſeth muche moiſture, and prouoketh teares.