Definition of dam

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Dam (v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up..

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Tortious :: Tortious (a.) Imploying tort, or privat injury for which the law gives damages; involing tort..
Phosgenite :: Phosgenite (n.) A rare mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of a white, yellow, or grayish color and adamantine luster. It is a chlorocarbonate of lead..
Sodamide :: Sodamide (n.) A greenish or reddish crystalline substance, NaNH2, obtained by passing ammonia over heated sodium..
Damnation :: Damnation (n.) The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
Sue :: Sue (v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages..
Damp :: Damp (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
Sufferable :: Suffer (v. i.) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.
Scath :: Scath (v.) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; waste; misfortune.
Aceldama :: Aceldama (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed..
Clammy :: Clammy (Compar.) Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration..
Bottom :: Bottom (n.) The fundament; the buttocks.
Pleomorphism :: Pleomorphism (n.) The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism..
Disavaunce :: Disavaunce (v. t.) To retard; to repel; to do damage to.
Exemplary :: Exemplary (a.) Serving as a warning; monitory; as, exemplary justice, punishment, or damages..
Without :: Without (prep.) Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage..
Annicut :: Annicut (n.) A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation.
Chilly :: 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..
Underlying :: Underlying (a.) Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles..
Principal :: Principal (n.) A thing of chief or prime importance; something fundamental or especially conspicuous.
Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..
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