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Definition of Dewiest
1. dewy [adj] - See also: dewy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dewiest
Literary usage of Dewiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"M. DeWIEST, Department of Civil and Geological Engineering, Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey /969, 530 pp., $22.50. ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"It turned out to be the freshest, crispest, dewiest-looking array of the fat o'
the land that we could well see anywhere. There were rows of brilliantly ..."
3. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1869)
"The others in the dewiest hours plough some weeds from the cornfield, and then
sit on the cow-pen, where one toy holds a frantic calf by the tail, ..."
4. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"Hangs heavy as the dewiest poppy. — ARTHUR UPSON. Hang like sackcloth on a wanton
nun.— THOMAS WADE. Hanker. Hanker as strongly as do pianists in the ..."
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