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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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..
Air :: Air (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors..
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..
Dampy :: Dampy (a.) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful.
Dampening :: Dampening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dampe.
Explosion :: Explosion (n.) The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc..
Raw :: Raw (superl.) Disagreeably damp or cold; chilly; bleak; as, a raw wind..
Damp :: Damp (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Damp :: Damp (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc..
Mangle :: Mangle (n.) To smooth with a mangle, as damp linen or cloth..
Moisten :: Moisten (v. t.) To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
Pedal :: Pedal (a.) A lever or key acted on by the foot, as in the pianoforte to raise the dampers, or in the organ to open and close certain pipes; a treadle, as in a lathe or a bicycle..
Muggy :: Muggy (superl.) Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw..
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..
Dampne :: Dampne (v. t.) To damn.
Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..
After Damp :: After damp () An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid..
Damp :: Damp (superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.
Damp :: Damp (superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
Blank :: Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
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