The young ladies, however, still possess one thing which they cannot yet destroy-the good constitution and the rosy look derived from ancestors whose days were spent in the field under the glorious sunshine and the DEWS of heaven.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
In general, it is advisable to protect the animals so far as possible from inclement weather conditions, such as cold rains, heavy DEWS, and frosts.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
He well knows, that the surface of the earth is very far from being a fixed body: That there is a continual motion in every part, stone excepted: That the operations of the sun, the air, the frost, the DEWS, the winds, and the rain, produce a constant agitation, which changes the particles and the pores, tends to promote vegetation, and to increase the soil to a certain depth.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton