n. [ AS. deáw; akin to D. dauw, G. thau, tau, Icel. dögg, Sw. dagg, Dan. dug; cf. Skr. dhav, dhāv, to flow. √72. Cf. Dag dew. ]
Her tears fell with the dews at even. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The grasses grew
A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. Same as Due, or Duty. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dewar bulb,
Dewar tube, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
n. (Bot.)
Feed him with apricots and dewberries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. In any animal, esp. of the Herbivora, a rudimentary claw or small hoof not reaching the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some cut off the dewclaws [ of greyhounds ]. J. H. Walsh. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A drop of dew. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. adj. of or pertaining to
n. The falling of dew; the time when dew begins to fall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being dewy. [ 1913 Webster ]