Mois"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moistened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]
1.
To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
A pipe a little moistened on the inside.
Bacon.
2.
To soften by making moist; to make tender.
It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity.
Fuller.
© Webster 1913.