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The diamond rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus); -- so called from its preference for damp places near water.
An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Damp
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Dampen
n.
Mist; smoke; damp
a.
Somewhat damp.
v. i.
To become damp; to deaden.
a.
Watery; damp; soft.
superl.
Very damp; rainy; as, wet weather; a wet season.
a.
Moderately damp or moist.
n.
Choke damp.
n.
A pale blue flame, at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of fire damp.
imp. & p. p.
of Damp
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.
n.
See Damper, and 5th Mute.
n.
To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.
n.
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.
n.
A self-acting apparatus for regulating temperature by the unequal expansion of different metals, liquids, or gases by heat, as in opening or closing the damper of a stove, or the like, as the heat becomes greater or less than is desired.
imp. & p. p.
of Dampen
v. t.
To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
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