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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Beldame :: Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
Donna :: Donna (n.) A lady; madam; mistress; -- the title given a lady in Italy.
Klipdachs :: Klipdachs (n.) A small mammal (Hyrax Capensis), found in South Africa. It is of about the size of a rabbit, and closely resembles the daman. Called also rock rabbit..
Damask :: Damask (n.) Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or water of such steel..
Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..
Charte :: Charte (n.) The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814..
Show :: Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp..
Basis :: Basis (n.) The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that which supports.
Cardamom :: Cardamom (n.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum..
Paladumenta :: Paladumenta (pl. ) of Paludamentu.
Damp Off :: Damp off () To decay and perish through excessive moisture.
Defect :: Defect (v. t.) To injure; to damage.
Hake''s-dame :: Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.
Hyrax :: Hyrax (n.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (H. Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (H. capensis) of South Africa. Other species are H. arboreus and H. Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman..
Damp :: Damp (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.
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..
Dame :: Dame (n.) A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a woman in authority; especially, a lady..
Element :: Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elements of a plan..
Damn :: Damn (v. t.) To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censure.
Pampero :: Pampero (n.) A violent wind from the west or southwest, which sweeps over the pampas of South America and the adjacent seas, often doing great damage..
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