slovodefinícia
wet blanket
(encz)
wet blanket,protiva n: Pino
wet blanket
(encz)
wet blanket,suchar n: o člověku evmi
Wet blanket
(gcide)
Wet \Wet\ (w[e^]t), a. [Compar. Wetter; superl. Wettest.]
[OE. wet, weet, AS. w[=ae]t; akin to OFries. w[=e]t, Icel.
v[=a]tr, Sw. v[*a]t, Dan. vaad, and E. water. [root]137. See
Water.]
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1. Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid;
moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid
upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet cloth; a wet table.
"Wet cheeks." --Shak.
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2. Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season. "Wet
October's torrent flood." --Milton.
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3. (Chem.) Employing, or done by means of, water or some
other liquid; as, the wet extraction of copper, in
distinction from dry extraction in which dry heat or
fusion is employed.
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4. Refreshed with liquor; drunk. [Slang] --Prior.
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Wet blanket, Wet dock, etc. See under Blanket, Dock,
etc.

Wet goods, intoxicating liquors. [Slang]
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Syn: Nasty; humid; damp; moist. See Nasty.
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wet blanket
(wn)
wet blanket
n 1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn:
spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper]
podobné slovodefinícia
wet blanket
(encz)
wet blanket,protiva n: Pinowet blanket,suchar n: o člověku evmi
A wet blanket
(gcide)
Blanket \Blan"ket\, n. [F. blanchet, OF. also blanket, a woolen
waistcoat or shirt, the blanket of a printing press; prop.
white woolen stuff, dim. of blanc white; blanquette a kind of
white pear, fr. blanc white. See Blank, a.]
1. A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually of wool, and having
a nap, used in bed clothing; also, a similar fabric used
as a robe; or any fabric used as a cover for a horse.
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2. (Print.) A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in
the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
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3. A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
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Note: The use of blankets formerly as curtains in theaters
explains the following figure of Shakespeare. --Nares.
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Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark
To cry, "Hold, hold!" --Shak.
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Blanket sheet, a newspaper of folio size.

A wet blanket, anything which damps, chills, dispirits, or
discour?ges.
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wet blanket
(wn)
wet blanket
n 1: someone who spoils the pleasure of others [syn:
spoilsport, killjoy, wet blanket, party pooper]

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