Definition of dam

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Dam (n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

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Air :: Air (n.) To expose to heat, for the purpose of expelling dampness, or of warming; as, to air linen; to air liquors..
Damage :: Damage (v. i.) To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight.
Endamage :: Endamage (v. t.) To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure.
Trancscendental :: Trancscendental (a.) In the Kantian system, of or pertaining to that which can be determined a priori in regard to the fundamental principles of all human knowledge. What is transcendental, therefore, transcends empiricism; but is does not transcend all human knowledge, or become transcendent. It simply signifies the a priori or necessary conditions of experience which, though affording the conditions of experience, transcend the sphere of that contingent knowledge which is acquired by experienc
Damp :: Damp (superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.
Spilt :: Spillway (n.) A sluiceway or passage for superfluous water in a reservoir, to prevent too great pressure on the dam..
Flyblown :: Flyblown (a.) Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
Prerogative :: Prerogative (n.) An exclusive or peculiar privilege; prior and indefeasible right; fundamental and essential possession; -- used generally of an official and hereditary right which may be asserted without question, and for the exercise of which there is no responsibility or accountability as to the fact and the manner of its exercise..
Brood :: Brood (v. t.) The young from the same dam, whether produced at the same time or not; young children of the same mother, especially if nearly of the same age; offspring; progeny; as, a woman with a brood of children..
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..
Fundament :: Fundament (n.) The part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks; specifically (Anat.), the anus..
Paramo :: Paramo (n.) A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America..
Grannam :: Grannam (n.) A grandam.
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..
Ma''am :: Ma'am (n.) Madam; my lady; -- a colloquial contraction of madam often used in direct address, and sometimes as an appellation..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Loss; damage; injury.
Radix :: Radix (n.) A number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration..
Elzevir :: Elzevir (a.) Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterdam, Leyden, etc., from about 1592 to 1680; also, applied to a round open type introduced by them..
Basis :: Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
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