Lexic.us

Definition of Drenching

1. Noun. The act of making something completely wet. "He gave it a good drenching"

Definition of Drenching

1. Verb. (present participle of drench) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drenching

1. drench [v] - See also: drench

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drenching

Literary usage of Drenching

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"About four AM we hud a drenching, cold rain, which wo received in sober silence. By daylight every regiment of that vast army ..."

2. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"I have turned Wendell Phillips like a drenching fireman's hose on a parson, and made him sputter and gutter and go to his wife to trim his wick. ..."

3. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"This is the portion of the hide affected most in the liming and drenching. The more prolonged these operations are the more ..."

4. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to by Meriwether Lewis, William Clark (1902)
"... distress occasioned by the incessant torrents of rain— Exposed for thirty days to this drenching deluge, during which time their provisions are spoiled, ..."

5. The Principles of Leather Manufacture by H[enry] R[ichardson] Procter (1903)
"Active drenches contain 1-3 grm. of mixed acids per liter, to which they owe their action, a perfectly satisfactory drenching being produced by an ..."

6. The Manufacture of Explosives: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Oscar Guttmann (1895)
"At Waltham Abbey and in every British factory there is a special apparatus for drenching the incorporating-mill with a large quantity of water immediately ..."

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