Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wet with water; perpetually filled with tears.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Tear-filled.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Horses had been back and forth here, had drunk, perhaps, had torn up the earth in deep, water-standing prints.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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Horses had been back and forth here, had drunk, perhaps, had torn up the earth in deep, water-standing prints.
The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992
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