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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Endamnify :: Endamnify (v. t.) To damnify; to injure.
Fundamental :: Fundamental (n.) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part, as, the fundamentals of the Christian faith..
Recoupe :: Recoupe (v. t.) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction..
Moisten :: Moisten (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
Damned :: Damned (imp. & p. p.) of Dam.
Nymph :: Nymph (n.) A lovely young girl; a maiden; a damsel.
Notary :: Notary (n.) A public officer who attests or certifies deeds and other writings, or copies of them, usually under his official seal, to make them authentic, especially in foreign countries. His duties chiefly relate to instruments used in commercial transactions, such as protests of negotiable paper, ship's papers in cases of loss, damage, etc. He is generally called a notary public..
Exemplary :: Exemplary (a.) Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages..
Genus :: Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus..
Oppress :: 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..
Fundament :: Fundament (n.) Foundation.
Rhodammonium :: Rhodammonium (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, rhodium and ammonia; -- said of certain complex compounds..
Picard :: Picard (n.) One of a sect of Adamites in the fifteenth century; -- so called from one Picard of Flanders. See Adamite.
Transcendentalism :: Transcendentalism (n.) The transcending, or going beyond, empiricism, and ascertaining a priori the fundamental principles of human knowledge..
Damnableness :: Damnableness (n.) The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
Holidam :: Holidam (n.) See Halidom.
Dampness :: Dampness (n.) Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Pond :: Pond (v. t.) To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming..
Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Madams :: Madams (pl. ) of Mada.
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