Nature: Most often these are called cooling or heating, but the terms moistening, relaxing and energizing are used.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The dog looked up at him moistening its own dry mouth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seventh Noon] Reference

Later, it may be removed by moistening it with salt water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference

Season with salt pepper and spices, moistening it with broth.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well] Reference

I have two fingers inside her, slowly warming, slowly moistening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spike. Resonance.] Reference

For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference

A premonitory moistening at the same time overflowed his nether lip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference

In moistening mincemeat use Armour's Grape Juice instead of jelly or wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest] Reference

"I have said too much," she said, panting and moistening her parched lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference

He had been watching its progress with glistening eye and moistening lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference

In moistening Havana leaf Catalan wine is used, and other flavoring extracts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference

The same method of moistening the ground is used for the orchards and vineyards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference

"Just as well I happened along," he thought, moistening her lips with the mixture.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference

"It -- it's a good joke," stammered Carol, moistening her dry lips with her tongue.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prudence Says So] Reference

The rising Nile moistening and fertilizing the land, prepares the way for the sower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference

The north wind does so much damage in moistening things, and so causing food to spoil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference

A simpler way is to keep the shellac in pad, 1, thin by moistening with a little alcohol.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handwork in Wood] Reference

I looked at the moistening eyes of the fair speaker -- but steeled my heart against her arts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference

Blend together 2 teaspoonfuls of flour and 1/2 cup of butter, moistening it with oyster liquor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cookery Blue Book] Reference

"I promise you," she said, again, falling on her knees, and moistening the sheet with her tears.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

What change, other than moistening the flour, takes place in the milk that helps to lighten the Popovers?.    From Wordnik.com.  [School and Home Cooking] Reference

Begin by giving the sausages and the giblets half a cooking, moistening them with a little broth if necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well] Reference

Neighbours came and went, moistening the dying lips with brandy; but the eyes had no gleam of recognition in them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Village by the River] Reference

Yes, here -- where the old man works for her: grinding, moistening, and mashing his paste, pounding at his powder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Browning's Heroines] Reference

Chinese medicine recognizes properties of food, like warming (ginger, cayenne) or cooling and moistening (tofu, melons).    From Wordnik.com.  [Lisa Turner: Good Vibrations: Food Energy Beyond Calories] Reference

He must have sat for an hour on the side of his bed, huddled in his dressing-gown, shivering and moistening his dry lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juggernaut] Reference

Cream the butter and add the sugar gradually, moistening with the milk and egg to make the mixture thin enough to spread.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies] Reference

"What were you whispering?" said the daughter of the house, moistening her lips, as she spoke, in a very engaging manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics] Reference

A fairly satisfactory substitute for fondant can be made by moistening confectioner's sugar with egg white or sweet cream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference

And as Gluck gazed, fresh grass sprang beside the new streams, and creeping plants grew, and climbed among the moistening soil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Types of Children's Literature] Reference

Exposure to air darkens all wood; direct sunlight and occasional moistening hasten this change, and cause it to penetrate deeper.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seasoning of Wood] Reference

For an hour Porter slept, and during that time Katherine stayed by him, moistening the folded handkerchief and chafing his wrists.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Short Line War] Reference

When dry, the plant is quite brittle, but on moistening becomes flexible, and at the same time more or less decidedly green in color.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference

He sups and betakes himself to the singing of comic songs with choruses, moistening and mellowing his vocal chords with plenteous burgundy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference

Peanut butter alone makes a rather dry sandwich, as it has a peculiar consistency that makes it difficult to swallow without moistening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 4: Salads and Sandwiches; Cold and Frozen Desserts; Cakes, Cookies and Puddings; Pastries and Pies] Reference

She rattled on, moistening her pretty red lips with a lemonade, and nibbling a cake, and then hastily departed just as Prince Andras's carriage stopped before the gate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

When this is insufficient, the application of a few drops of oil, or, better still, moistening the hair with a little simple water, will effect the object satisfactorily.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources] Reference