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unwetted

  • a word derived from wet.

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Bring quiet, sober reason into the loftiest and loveliest enthusiasm of your faith, and then there will be something in it that will live through storm, and walk the water with unwetted and unsinking foot.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander

Her cheeks were colourless as marble, but the long dark fringes that rested on them were unwetted by tears; she had forcibly sent them back.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence by Aguilar, Grace

Germs will pass unwetted and unscathed through sulphuric acid unless the most special care is taken to detain them.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

My sov'reign's brow is yet uncrown'd, His head unwetted by the holy oil, He is not yet a King.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas

Also the sun, and the wind, and even the moon, took advantage of him when unwetted.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)