Definition of damp

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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..

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Nasturtium :: Nasturtium (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste..
Rafty :: Rafty (a.) Damp; musty.
Humid :: Humid (a.) Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor..
Dampen :: Dampen (v. t.) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
Blank :: Blank (v. t.) To blanch; to make blank; to damp the spirits of; to dispirit or confuse.
Sordine :: Sordine (n.) See Damper, and 5th Mute..
Air :: Air (n.) A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc..
Water Rattler :: Water rattler () The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
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..
Dampne :: Dampne (v. t.) To damn.
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..
Dampened :: Dampened (imp. & p. p.) of Dampe.
Damp :: Damp (n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth..
Show :: Show (n.) A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp..
Dampness :: Dampness (n.) Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Undampned :: Undampned (a.) Uncondemned.
Harmonica :: Harmonica (n.) A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones..
Register :: Register (n.) A lid, stopper, or sliding plate, in a furnace, stove, etc., for regulating the admission of air to the fuel; also, an arrangement containing dampers or shutters, as in the floor or wall of a room or passage, or in a chimney, for admitting or excluding heated air, or for regulating ventilation..
Choke Damp :: Choke damp () See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic..
Muggy :: Muggy (superl.) Moist; damp; moldy; as, muggy straw..
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