moistened
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Moistened by a wintry rain, the leaves of an azalea shed pearls of water.
From Time Magazine Archive
More worthy I then clouts; yet them a flood Moistened of mother's milke and of Son's blood.'
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
Moistened by the rains and the damp night-mists, and trodden under foot, these cases assume a jet black hue, and are to all appearance like coal in the very first stages of formation.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.
Shall these lips a doleful lyric Proffer at your ghostly bier, Or compose a panegyric Moistened with a minstrel's tear?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
Moistened with the solution of nitrate of cobalt, and heated in the oxidation flame, it presents a bead, colored from brick-red to brown, according to the quantity used.
