Dictionary entry

Dewy

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dew″y (?), a. 1. Pertaining to dew; resembling, consisting of, or moist with, dew.

A dewy mist

Went and watered all the ground. Milton.

When dewy eve her curtain draws. Keble.

2. Falling gently and beneficently, like the dew.

Dewy sleep ambrosial. Cowper.

3. (Bot.) Resembling a dew-covered surface; appearing as if covered with dew.