wet down

verb

wet down

verb

1

To make (something) wet, especially as a preliminary step in cleaning it.

[…] the cabin torn away, and the ward-room all aslop from wetting down the decks while passing powder.1859, William Maxwell Wood, Fankwei, page 432:

Derived terms: wetdown

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