<B>dam</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the female parent of sheep, cattle, horses, and other four-footed animals. <BR> <I>Ex. I laid down the dam, and took the kid in my arms (Daniel Defoe).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a mother. <BR> <I>Ex. What! All my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>damage, </B>noun, verb, <B>-aged,</B> <B>-aging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>harm or injury that lessens value or usefulness. <BR> <I>Ex. The accident did very little damage to either car. No human being can arbitrarily dominate over another without grievous damage to his own nature (Thomas Huxley).</I> (SYN) detriment, impairment. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) cost; expense. <BR> <I>Ex. Many thanks, but I must pay the damage (Byron).</I> (SYN) price. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to harm or injure so as to lessen value or usefulness; harm; hurt. <BR> <I>Ex. I damaged my sweater playing football. I damaged the canoe when I paddled it against a rock.</I> (SYN) impair, disfigure, spoil, mar. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to receive damage or injury. <BR> <I>Ex. Wool usually damages if washed in hot water.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>damages,</B> </I>money claimed or paid by law to make up for some harmdone to a person or his property. <BR> <I>Ex. The man who was injured by the car asked for $50,000 in damages.</I> adv. <B>damagingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="damageable">
<B>damageable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be damaged; susceptible to injury. </DL>
<A NAME="damagecontrol">
<B>damage control,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any means used to minimize or reduce the damage caused by an accident, crime, financial loss, adverse publicity, or other calamity. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) It's a stunning scene where old grudges and suspicions are suddenly dredged up and flung in a fit of emotion, devoid of damage control (Washington Times).</I> </DL>
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<B>damage suit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a lawsuit in which the claimant seeks damages. <BR> <I>Ex. Unhappy side effects of the steady stream of new drugs are minimized or ignored until the doctor discovers them in his own patients, by which time it is too late for anything but a damage suit (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>daman, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a small, rabbitlike, hoofed mammal native to Asia Minor. The daman is called a cony in the Bible. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=hyrax.</B> </DL>
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<B>damar, </B>noun. =dammar.</DL>
<A NAME="damara">
<B>Damara, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ras.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a Bantu tribe living in Damaraland, the central part of South West Africa. </DL>
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<B>damascene, </B>verb, <B>-scened,</B> <B>-scening,</B> noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> Also, <B>damaskeen.</B> to ornament (metal) with inlaid gold or silver or with a wavy design. <BR> <I>Ex. ... helmet designs and devices that were etched, gilded, embossed and damascened on the steel plate (Time).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> the ornament itself. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or like such ornament. noun <B>damascener.</B> </DL>
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<B>Damascene, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the city of Damascus or its people. <DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Damascus. </DL>
<A NAME="damascening">
<B>damascening, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the making of damascened metal or articles. <DD><B> 2. </B>a damascened design, pattern, etc. </DL>
<A NAME="damascusblade">
<B>Damascus blade,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sword blade made of Damascus steel; damask blade. </DL>
<A NAME="damascussteel">
<B>Damascus steel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a kind of ornamented steel with fine, wavy, white, silver, or black lines, originally made at Damascus, used for sword blades. <DD><B> 2. </B>any similarly ornamented steel. Also, <B>damask,</B> <B>damask steel.</B> </DL>
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<B>Damascus sword,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a sword made of Damascus steel. </DL>
<A NAME="damask">
<B>damask, </B>noun, adjective, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a firm, shiny, reversible linen, silk, or cotton fabric with woven designs. <BR> <I>Ex. hangings of damask.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a linen material of this type used especially fortablecloths and napkins. <BR> <I>Ex. Spotless damask covered the table.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a rose color; pink. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=damask rose.</B> <DD><B> 4a. </B><B>=Damascus steel.</B> <DD><B> b. </B>any damascened metal. <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>made of damask. <BR> <I>Ex. damask tablecloths.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>rose-colored; pink. <BR> <I>Ex. damask cheeks.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>of or named after the city of Damascus. <BR> <I>Ex. the damask plum, damask rose.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B><B>=damascene.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>to weave with the design of damask fabric. <DD><B> 3. </B>to deface or destroy by stamping or marking. <BR> <I>Ex. to damask seditious books.</I> </DL>
<B>damask rose,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large, fragrant, pink rose originally of Asia Minor, from which attar of roses is made. </DL>
<A NAME="damasksteel">
<B>damask steel,</B> =Damascus steel.</DL>
<A NAME="damasse">
<B>damasse, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) having a woven pattern, as silk. </DL>
<A NAME="dambonite">
<B>dambonite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) a crystalline derivative of inositol, occurring in a certain kind of caoutchouc from western Africa. </DL>
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<B>dame, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lady; madam (now used only figuratively, in personifications). <BR> <I>Ex. Dame Fortune. Our secrets have been betrayed--not by men, but by Dame Nature, that fickle dispenser of truth (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>an elderly woman. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) a woman. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Archaic.) the mistress of a household or of a school. </DL>
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<B>Dame, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Great Britain: <DD><B> a. </B>a title of honor given to a woman, corresponding to the rank of a knight. <BR> <I>Ex. Miss Fonteyn, premiere danseuse of the Sadler's Wells Ballet, was made a Dame of the British Empire (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>the legal title of the wife or widow of a knight or baronet. <DD><B> c. </B>the wife or daughter of a lord. </DL>
<A NAME="damedhonneur">
<B>dame d'honneur,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) a maid of honor; lady in waiting. </DL>
<A NAME="dameschool">
<B>dame school,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) an elementary school for children, kept by a woman (dame). </DL>
<A NAME="damesviolet">
<B>dame's violet</B> or <B>rocket,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall fragrant rocket of Europe and Asia, with light purple flowers. </DL>
<A NAME="damfool">
<B>damfool, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>noun </I> a very stupid person. <DD><I>adj. </I> very stupid. </DL>
<A NAME="damiana">
<B>damiana, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug consisting of the leaves of certain Mexican plants, used as a tonic, stimulant, and aphrodisiac. </DL>
<A NAME="damianist">
<B>Damianist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 500's, who denied the separate godhead of the three persons of the Trinity. </DL>
<A NAME="dammar">
<B>dammar</B> or <B>dammer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a resin obtained from various Australian and East Indian evergreens, used to make colorless varnish. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various resins obtained from East Indian trees of different families. Also, <B>damar.</B> </DL>
<B>damn, </B>verb, noun, adjective, adverb, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to declare (something) to be bad or inferior; condemn. <BR> <I>Ex. The critics damned the new book.</I> (SYN) denounce, proscribe, execrate. <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause to fail; ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. Lack of funds damned the project from its beginning. Hence, vile instrument! Thou shalt not damn my hand (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to doom to hell. <DD><B> 4. </B>to swear or swear at by saying "damn"; curse. (SYN) imprecate. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Obsolete.) to pronounce guilty; sentence; doom. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to say "damn"; curse. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a saying of "damn"; curse. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) a trifle; the merest bit; hoot; straw. <BR> <I>Ex. not care or give a damn, not worth a damn.</I> <DD><I>adj., adv. </I> <B>=damned.</B> <DD><I>interj. </I> an exclamation of anger or annoyance. <BR><I>expr. <B>damn with faint praise.</B> </I>See under <B>praise.</B> noun <B>damner.</B> </DL>
<B>damnably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>odiously; detestably; abominably. <DD><B> 2. </B>in a manner to incur severe censure, condemnation, or damnation. </DL>
<A NAME="damnantquodnonintelligunt">
<B>damnant quod non intelligunt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) they condemn what they do not comprehend. </DL>
<A NAME="damnation">
<B>damnation, </B>noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a damning or a being damned; condemnation. <DD><B> 2. </B>condemnation to eternal punishment; perdition. <DD><B> 3. </B>a sin bringing or deserving eternal punishment. <DD><B> 4. </B>a curse. <DD><I>interj. </I> an exclamation of anger or annoyance. </DL>
<A NAME="damnatory">
<B>damnatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> damning; assigning to damnation; condemnatory. </DL>
<A NAME="damned">
<B>damned, </B>adjective, noun, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>cursed; abominable. (SYN) detestable. <DD><B> 2. </B>outrageous; damnable. <DD><B> 3. </B>doomed to eternal punishment. <DD><I>noun </I> Usually, <B>the damned,</B> the souls in hell. <BR> <I>Ex. In dreadful apparition, saw before his vision pass the shadows of the damned (Robert Pollok).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> (Slang.) very. (SYN) extremely. </DL>
<A NAME="damnedest">
<B>damnedest, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> most damned. <DD><I>noun </I> (Informal.) the greatest possible effort; utmost. <BR> <I>Ex. to do one's damnedest to win.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="damnification">
<B>damnification, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a damnifying; damage; injury; loss. </DL>
<A NAME="damnify">
<B>damnify, </B>transitive verb, <B>-fied,</B> <B>-fying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) to cause loss or damage to; hurt in person, estate, or interest; injure. </DL>
