2. The flesh upon the human throat, especially when with age. [Burlesque]

On her withered dewlap pour the ale.

Shak.

Dew"lapped` (?), a. Furnished with a dewlap.

Dew"less, a. Having no dew. Tennyson.

Dew"-point` (?), n. (Meteor.) The temperature at which dew begins to form. It varies with the humidity and temperature of the atmosphere.

Dew"ret` (?), v. t. [Dew + ret, v. t.] To ret or rot by the process called dewretting.

Dew"ret`ting, n. Dewrotting; the process of decomposing the gummy matter of flax and hemp and setting the fibrous part, by exposure on a sward to dew, rain, and sunshine.

Dew"rot` (?), v. t. To rot, as flax or hemp, by exposure to rain, dew, and sun. See Dewretting.

Dew"worm` (?), n. (Zoöl.) See Earthworm.

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.

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