Dampness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Moisture; moistness; moderate humidity: as, the
dampness
of a fog, of the ground, or of a cloth.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Moderate
humidity
;
moisture
;
fogginess
;
moistness
.
noun.
Degree to which something is
damp
or
moist
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noun.
a slight wetness
Word Usage
"Across his chest he laid his Mauser rifle, lingering affectionately for a moment to wipe the dampness from the barrel."