weakyadj.
/ˈwiːki/ northern dialect.
Moist, damp; juicy.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adjective]
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moistfula1398
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dampisha1642
weakya1642
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damp1706
mochy1794
danky1820
a1642 [see weakiness n. at Derivatives].
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 17 A meanes..to keepe them weeky and moyst till such time as they can bee gotten peel'd.
1691 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 80 Weaky, moist.
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 429 Weiky, moist.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 364 Weaky; juicy; opposed to ‘hask’.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Weaky weather’, rainy. ‘Don't make the paste too weaky’, don't make the dough with over much water.
Derivatives
ˈweakiness n. moisture.
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the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [noun]
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dank?a1400
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wakc1485
waknessc1520
aquosity1528
weakinessa1642
succity1646
fogginess1674
damp1706
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 78 On the day-time wee putte them into one close or other and lette them eate snowe and gette the weekinesse on the grounde.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Weekiness, moisture.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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