dew : Idioms & Phrases


daily dew

  • noun any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
    sundew; sundew plant.
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dew point

  • noun the temperature at which the water vapor in the air becomes saturated and condensation begins
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dew worm

  • noun terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers
    earthworm; angleworm; fishworm; wiggler; nightwalker; fishing worm; red worm; nightcrawler; crawler.
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dew-point

Dew"-point` noun
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  1. (Meteor.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.
Webster 1913

May dew

  • the morning dew of the first day of May, to which magical properties were attributed.
Webster 1913

Mountain dew

  • Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. Humorous
Webster 1913