moisture

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.

   “drops / beads of moisture”

   “I cannot weep; for all my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heart:”

   “And some [seed] fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.”

   “[…] Nicholas Nickleby’s eyes were dimmed with a moisture that might have been taken for tears.”

   “[…] as she arched her neck she actually licked her lips like an animal, till I could see in the moonlight the moisture shining on the scarlet lips and on the red tongue as it lapped the white sharp teeth.”

2. (uncountable, usually)The state of being moist.

   “[…] all Exclusion of Open Aire, (which is euer Predatory) maintaineth the Body in his first Freshnesse, and Moisture:”

   “Such was the discord, which did first disperse Forme, order, beauty through the universe; While drynesse moisture, coldnesse heat resists, All that we have, and that we are subsists:”

   “[The organs of touch are excited] by the unceasing variations of the heat, moisture, and pressure of the atmosphere;”

3. (uncountable, usually)Skin moisture noted as dry, moist, clammy, or diaphoretic as part of the skin signs assessment.