Definition of dam

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Dam (n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace..

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Damned :: Damned (a.) Hateful; detestable; abominable.
Slander :: Slander (n.) Formerly, defamation generally, whether oral or written; in modern usage, defamation by words spoken; utterance of false, malicious, and defamatory words, tending to the damage and derogation of another; calumny. See the Note under Defamation..
Damascene :: Damascene (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson..
Root :: Root (n.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is composed..
Dempne :: Dempne (v. t.) To damn; to condemn.
Homotype :: Homotype (n.) That which has the same fundamental type of structure with something else; thus, the right arm is the homotype of the right leg; one arm is the homotype of the other, etc..
Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..
Madams :: Madams (pl. ) of Mada.
Shopworn :: Shopworn (a.) Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop.
Trover :: Trover (n.) An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion..
Biddery Ware :: Biddery ware () A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened..
Stythy :: Stythe (n.) Choke damp.
Macron :: Macron (n.) A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame; /, in s/am, etc..
Tymp :: Tymp (n.) A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
Damn :: Damn (v. i.) To invoke damnation; to curse.
Insurable :: Insurable (a.) Capable of being insured against loss, damage, death, etc.; proper to be insured..
Damage :: Damage (n.) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another..
Forkbeard :: Forkbeard (n.) The European forked hake or hake's-dame (Phycis blennoides); -- also called great forked beard.
Damasked :: Damasked (imp. & p. p.) of Damas.
Fundament :: Fundament (n.) Foundation.
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