moistening

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of moisten

noun

  1. The act of making something moist.
    In all slight and superficial galls, two or three moistenings of the part with cold vinegar will allay the inflammation, and harden the surface[…] 1803, William Taplin, The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository of General Information Upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field

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