moist (1 a 16th-17th cent. use)
1.
rheumy
2H4 I. ii. 206
“a moist eye, a dry
hand.”
2.
juicy, succulent
Tim. IV. iii. 224
“these moist trees
(moss'd†).”
3.
bringing rain
All'sW. II. i. 167
“
Hesperus,”
Ham. I. i. 118
“the moist star”
(=the moon).
4.
liquid, watery
2H4 IV. v. 138
“my tears, The moist
impediments unto my speech,”
Troil. I. iii.
41.
