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Humectation

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as edema, 1.
  • noun. The act of moistening, wetting, or watering.
  • noun. In medicine: The preparing of a medicine by steeping it for a time in water, in order to soften and moisten it, to cleanse it, to prevent its subtile parts from being dissipated in grinding, or the like.
  • noun. The application of moistening remedies.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A moistening.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A moistening.
    • Word Usage
    "Clays by fire are deprived of their coherent quality, which cannot be restored to them by pulverization, nor by humectation."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    moistening  
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