the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To sprinkle or moisten with dew; to bedew.
adj. Covered with minute grains, appearing like fine sand.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To moisten with dew.
In zoology, dotted with white or light color, as if with dewdrops; in entomology, marked with minute dots of color: said especially of the wings of lepidopters when numerous single scales differ from the ground color.