wetted

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛtəd/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtəd
  • Homophone: whetted

Verb

wetted

  1. simple past and past participle of wet
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 50:
      The ironbark trees are "rung" at a certain height top and bottom, and the bark detached in one sheet; it is then wetted, and laid out flat on the ground, huge stones being placed to keep it from rolling up again.