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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moist \Moist\, adjective [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. {Mucus}, {Mucid}.]
1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as, a moist atmosphere or air. ''Moist eyes.'' --Shak.
2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] ''Shoes full moist and new.'' ''A draught of moist and corny ale.'' --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moist \Moist\, verb (used with an object) To moisten. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
moist
adjective: slightly wet; "clothes damp with perspiration"; "a moist breeze"; "eyes moist with tears" [syn: {damp}, {dampish}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "moist": boggy, clammy, damp, dampish, dank, dewy, drippy, drizzly, fenny, foggy, gooey, humid, lachrymose, marshy, maudlin, misty, muggy, mushy, rainy, roric, roriferous, sappy, slushy, soggy, soupy, steamy, sticky, swampy, tacky, tearful, teary, undried, wet, wettish
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