Definition of damp

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Damp (n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth..

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Dampne :: Dampne (v. t.) To damn.
Moisture :: Moisture (n.) That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
Muggy :: Muggy (superl.) Warm, damp, and close; as, muggy air, weather..
Humidity :: Humidity (n.) Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing..
Leatherwood :: Leatherwood (n.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy..
Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
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..
Muggy :: Muggy (superl.) Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw..
Rafty :: Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
Damp :: Damp (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Raw :: Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind..
Dampy :: Dampy (a.) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
Muck :: Muck (n.) Vegetable mold mixed with earth, as found in low, damp places and swamps..
Dampened :: Dampened (imp. & p. p.) of Dampe.
Dampening :: Dampening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dampe.
Washy :: Washy (a.) Watery; damp; soft.
Fur :: Fur (v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp..
Damp :: Damp (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage..
Mould :: Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter..
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