† dewishadj.
Obsolete.
Of the nature of or akin to dew; moist, damp.
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1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 48 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks And dewish moone doth new refresh the woods.
1620 G. Markham Farewell to Husb. (1625) 117 A more moist place..which euer is vomiting wet and dewish humours.
1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 141 The dew or dewish moisture.
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