To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
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To become damp; to deaden.
the act or process of making something slightly wet.
That which damps or checks; 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. A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
Moderately damp or moist.
To damn.
Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.
Somewhat damp.
A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales.
small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest.
A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.
a small natural family of usually tropical butterflies, including the monarch butterflies.
A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.
A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glucinum, containing sulphur.
the type genus of the Danaidae, including the monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus.
A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form.
The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.
One who dances or who practices dancing.
A female dancer.
Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett/ has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.
from Dance.
Same as Dancett/.
A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (Taraxacum officinale, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.
To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently.
A boatman; an oarsman.
One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.
In Scott's /Guy Mannering/, a Border farmer of eccentric but fine character, who owns two terriers claimed to be the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont terriers.
Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.
To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.
A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt.
To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.
One who dandles or fondles.
See Dandruff.
A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small scales or particles.
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
A bantam fowl.
Like a dandy.
The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.
To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.
A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.
A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.
An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm.
A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]
To dash.
To endanger.
Full of danger; dangerous.
Free from danger.
Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.
One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler.
A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.
Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. The language of the Danes.
A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan.
A small silver coin current in Persia.
Somewhat dank.
The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown.
A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.
Danish.
A Dane.
Relating to, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.
Dantelike; Dantean.
Pertaining to, or bordering on, the river Danube.
To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
Sumptuous in cheer.
A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.
A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.
A genus of the genus Daphnia.
A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and Daphne alpina.
Divination by means of the laurel.
One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.
Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
A dwarf; a dandiprat.
To variegate with spots; to spot.
Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
The administrative capital city of Tanzania. Population (2000) = 1,360,850.
Manacles; handcuffs.
A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.
One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.
the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
Trojan.
A small fish; the dace.
A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.
Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.
One who dares or defies.
A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day.
A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.
Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits.
A crustade.
To darken; to obscure.
of a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky.
of a color similar to that of wood or earth.
similar to the color of fresh grass.
same as brunet; as, a dark-haired beauty.
same as colored.
To grow or darker.
overtaken by night or darkness.
One who, or that which, darkens.
Twilight; gloaming.
Full of darkness.
a black person; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.
Somewhat dark; dusky.
To grow dark; to show indistinctly.
Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.
With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.
The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.
Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless.
a negro; an African-American; -- an older term now considered offensive.
Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite.
A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
a genus consisting of one species.
A colloquial euphemism for Damn.
an intensifying expletive; a eupehmism for damned; as, for no darned reason at all.
Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety Lolium Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.
One who mends by darning.
Same as Dornick.
The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
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