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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Bokadam :: Bokadam (n.) See Cerberus.
Damnification :: Damnification (n.) That which causes damage or loss.
Keynote :: Keynote (n.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are referred; -- called also key tone..
Garth :: Garth (n.) A dam or weir for catching fish.
Damascene :: Damascene (n.) A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson..
Gate :: Gate (n.) A door, valve, or other device, for stopping the passage of water through a dam, lock, pipe, etc..
Damiana :: Damiana (n.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac..
Damasking :: Damasking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Damas.
Amomum :: Amomum (n.) A genus of aromatic plants. It includes species which bear cardamoms, and grains of paradise..
Basis :: Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
Damnific :: Damnific (a.) Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.
Damping :: Damping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dam.
Damaskeen :: Damaskeen (v.) Alt. of Damaske.
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.
Liquidambar :: Liquidambar (n.) A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor..
Damages :: Damages (imp. & p. p.) of Damag.
Scathful :: Scathful (a.) Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.
Adamantine :: Adamantine (a.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Imputation :: Imputation () A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another; as, the imputation of the sin of Adam, or the righteousness of Christ..
Korrigum :: Korrigum (n.) A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees..
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