dewingn.
1. Deposition of dew.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [noun] > formation or deposition of
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dew-fall1622
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dewfalling1868
13.. K. Alis. 914 Theo sunne ariseth, and fallith the dewyng; Theo nessche clay hit makith clyng.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xi. v. (Tollem. MS.) Þerof comeþ a litel dewynge.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xvi. lxii. (Tollem. MS.) Þe more dewynge is founde, þe more and þe gretter þe margarite is gendrid of þe dewe.
1838 Jeffrey in Ld. Cockburn Life II. Let. cxl After the dewing of yesterday, everything is so fresh and fragrant.
2. A wetting with or as with dew; a gentle sprinkling; moistening, bedewing.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [noun] > action or process of making > as with dew
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irroration1623
14.. T. Hoccleve Compl. Virgin 158 They by taast of swich dewynge, Hem oghte clothe ageyn.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. iii. 143 With cleyn watir..Strinkland a litil dewing..With the branch of a happy olyve thryss.
1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus Aspergo, a sprinckling or dewing.
1646 S. Rutherford Let. 9 Jan. (1863) II. cccxvii. 331 A night's dewing of grace and sweetness.
1882 Garden 28 Jan. 65/3 An occasional dewing over with the syringe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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ˈdewing
ˈdewing adj.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > dew > [adjective] > falling as dew
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rorant1686
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi v. §2. 139 Which can have no existence or being, but in a dewing or distilling cloud.
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