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Definition of Overwetting
1. overwet [v] - See also: overwet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overwetting
Literary usage of Overwetting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Soil Solution: The Nutrient Medium for Plant Growth by Frank Kenneth Cameron (1911)
"The overwetting of a soil means the production of seepage waters which are to
appear at the surface somewhere else, generally at a lower level, ..."
2. A Manual of Home-making by Martha Van Rensselaer (1919)
"Very often, trouble in ironing starched pieces is owing to overwetting. The starched
part is soaked and made limp and sticky. A clean whisk- broom kept for ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1903)
"Hyacinth, tulip, and narcissus bulbs. into the light. Keep the soil in these pots
or boxes well watered, but avoid overwetting, otherwise the bulbs may rot. ..."
4. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1913)
"Very often, trouble in ironing starched pieces is owing to overwetting. The starched
part is soaked and made limp and sticky. A clean whisk broom kept for ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1903)
"... or boxes well watered, but avoid overwetting, otherwise the bulbs may rot.
[Circular sent to recipients of cotton seed.] DISTRIBUTION OF COTTON SEED IN ..."
6. Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University by Cornell University, New York State College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station (1913)
"Very often, trouble in ironing starched pieces is owing to overwetting. The starched
part is soaked and made limp and sticky. A clean whisk broom kept for ..."
7. Annual Report of Irrigation and Drainage Investigations ... 1900-1904 by Elwood Mead (1902)
"The application of large quantities of water to the land without proper attention
to drainage has caused overwetting in some localities, and now a careful ..."
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