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- Damp - n. - Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
- Damp - n. - Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
- Damp - n. - A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.
- Damp - superl. - Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
- Damp - superl. - Dejected; depressed; sunk.
- Damp - n. - To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
- Damp - n. - To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.
- Damp off - - To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
- Damped - imp. & p. p. - of Damp
- Dampen - v. t. - To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
- Dampen - v. t. - To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
- Dampen - v. i. - To become damp; to deaden.
- Dampened - imp. & p. p. - of Dampen
- Dampening - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Dampen
- Damper - n. - That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
- Damping - p. pr. & vb. n. - of Damp
- Dampish - a. - Moderately damp or moist.
- Dampne - v. t. - To damn.
- Dampness - n. - Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
- Dampy - a. - Somewhat damp.
- Dampy - a. - Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
- Water rattler - - The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
- Oppress - v. t. - To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
- After damp - - An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
- Ball - v. i. - To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay; to gather into balls; as, the horse balls; the snow balls.
- Blank - v. t. - To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
- Dampish - a. - Moderately damp or moist.
- Damp - n. - To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
- Savanna - n. - A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
- Mould - n. - A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter.
- Leatherwood - n. - A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy.
- Clammy - Compar. - Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
- Inhaler - n. - A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.
- Chilly - a. - Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.
- Arrowwood - n. - A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.
- Paramo - n. - A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.
- Smudge - n. - A heap of damp combustibles partially ignited and burning slowly, placed on the windward side of a house, tent, or the like, in order, by the thick smoke, to keep off mosquitoes or other insects.
- Nasturtium - n. - A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste.
- Mangle - n. - To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth.
- Raw - superl. - Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind.
- Moisture - n. - That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
- Earthworm - n. - Any worm of the genus Lumbricus and allied genera, found in damp soil. One of the largest and most abundant species in Europe and America is L. terrestris; many others are known; -- called also angleworm and dewworm.
- Fizgig - n. - A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.
- Dampen - v. t. - To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
- Muck - n. - Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps.
- Chokeberry - n. - The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.
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