moistener
(ˈmɔɪs(ə)nə(r))
Also 7 moystner, moistner.
[f. moisten v. + -er1.]
One who or something which moistens.
| 1611 Cotgr., Trempeur, a dipper; wetter, moistener; soaker, steeper; seasoner, temperer. 1632 tr. Bruel's Praxis Med. 103 His diet must be liquid broths, and moystners of the body. 1755 Johnson, Moistener, the person or thing that moistens. 1867 Contemp. Rev. V. 34 The ocean, that great moistener and softening equalizer of the atmosphere. |