What does "dew" mean?
Dew: Figuratively, anything which falls lightly and in a refreshing manner. "The golden dew of sleep." Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.An emblem of morning, or fresh vigor. "The dew of his youth." Longfellow. Note: Dew is used in combination; as, dew-bespangled, dew-drenched, dewdrop, etc.
- 3.To wet with dew or as with dew; to bedew; to moisten; as with dew. The grasses grew A little ranker since they dewed them so. A. B. Saxton.
- 4.Same as Due, or Duty. [Obs.] Spenser.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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