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moistness|ˈmɔɪstnɪs| [f. moist a. + -ness.] The quality or state of being moist; in early use also † concr., moisture.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iv. iv. (1495) 85 Yf moystnes be shedde in to the vtter partes of a thynge, it fyllyth alle the voyde place therof. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 80 Whos grape..ys noght..gedryd or..þe moystnesse of his stok sty vp to þe crope and þe braunches. 1526Tindale Luke viii. 6 Some [of the seed] fell on ston and as sone as yt was spronge vp yt widdred awaye because yt lacked moystnes. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Alopecurus,..an hearbe like a foxe's taile: full of mostnesse. 1591Florio 2nd Fruites 159 Looke that they [sc. the sheets] be drie, and without moistnesse, 1662Gerbier Princ. 25 The moistnesse of this Clime. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Sweetmeats, Which proceeds from the Moistness of the Fruit. 1825J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 722 Cotton wool is generally used..to take the [gold] leaf up..on account of its..slight moistness. 1885Manch. Exam. 23 Feb. 5/4 A hybrid much better adapted to..the moistness of our climate. †b. transf. and fig. Obs.
c1425St. Mary of Oignies i. vi. in Anglia VIII. 139/19 Whanne she [was] comen to hirselfe ageyne as after a moystnesse of mynde, rekenyd & countid streitly atte euene alle hir deedys. 1551Bible (Matthew) Job xv. notes, Out of whiche procedeth suche false doctryne as drieth vp the moistnes of the soule in trifling out y⊇ truth. 1576J. Woolton Chr. Manual B iv, He hath the name of a christian, because he is ingraffed in Christ, as the branche in the stocke,..& so to receyue of his moystnesse and lyfe. |