OXFORD DICTIONARY
dew, abbr. distant early warning.
dew, n. & v.
--n.
1 atmospheric vapour condensing in small drops on cool surfaces at night.
2 beaded or glistening moisture resembling this, e.g. tears.
3 freshness, refreshing quality.
--v.tr. wet with or as with dew.
dew-claw
1 a rudimentary inner toe found on some dogs.
2 a false hoof on a deer etc.
dew-fall
1 the time when dew begins to form.
2 evening. dew-point the temperature at which dew forms. dew-pond a shallow usu. artificial pond once supposed to have been fed by atmospheric condensation.
OE deaw f. Gmc
THESAURUS
dew
asperge, bedew, bespatter, besprinkle, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, dawn
dew, dewdrops, douche, evening damp, false
dew, fog drip, hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten, night
dew, paddle, slobber, slop, slosh, sparge, spatter, splash, splatter, sponge, spray, sprinkle, swash, syringe, water, wet, wet down
ROGET THESAURUS
dew
Moisture
N
moisture, moistness, humidity, humectation, madefaction,
dew, serein, marsh, hygrometry, hygrometer, moist, damp, watery, madid, roric, undried, humid, sultry, wet, dank, luggy, dewy, roral, rorid, roscid, juicy, wringing wet, soaking wet, wet through to the skin, saturated, swashy, soggy, dabbled, reeking, dripping, soaking, soft, sodden, sloppy, muddy, swampy, irriguous.