ˈwater-ˌsoaken, ppl. a.
= water-soaked.
| 1783 Jrnl. Ho. Comm. XLVII. 372/2 Oak..frequently becomes so Water-soaken, as scarce ever to dry again. 1791 Smeaton Edystone L. §172, I laid them in a damp place upon a water soaken brick. 1803 Malthus Popul. i. iii. (1806) 34 A piece of water-soaken wood. c 1825 Houlston Tracts II. No. 47. 2 ‘Surely,’ said the farmers, as they looked over their..water-soaken grounds, ‘we shall have a fine August.’ |