Chapter 387

Damned (?) , a. 1. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.

2. Hateful; detestable; abominable.

But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak.

Damnific <Xpage=364>

Dam*nif"ic (?) , a. [L. damnificus ; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn .] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.

Damnification <Xpage=364>

Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [LL. damnificatio .] That which causes damage or loss.

Damnify <Xpage=364>

Dam"ni*fy (?) , v. t. [LL. damnificare , fr. L. damnificus : cf. OF. damnefier . See Damnific .] To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. [R.]

This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified . Milton.

Damning <Xpage=364>

Damn"ing (?) , a. That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt .

Damningness <Xpage=364>

Damn"ing*ness , n. Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]."

Hammond.

damnum <Xpage=364>

dam"num (?) , n. [L.] (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.

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Damosel, Damosella, Damoiselle <Xpage=367>

Dam"o*sel (?) , Dam`o*sel"la (?) , Da`moi`selle" (?) , n. See Damsel . [Archaic]

Damourite <Xpage=367>

Dam"our*ite (?) , n. [Ater the French chemist Damour .] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

Damp <Xpage=367>

Damp (?) , n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf , Icel. dampi , Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf .]

1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.

2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison.

It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.

3. (Mining) A gaseous prodact, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

Choke damp , a damp consisting principally of carboni<?/ acid gas; -- so called from its extinguishing flame and animal life. See Carbonic acid , under Carbonic . -- Damp sheet , a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. -- Fire damp , a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.

Damp <Xpage=367>

Damp (?) , a. [ Compar. Damper (?) ; superl. Dampest .]

1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]

All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp . Milton.

Damp <Xpage=367>

Damp , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Damped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damping .] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp , n. ] 1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth .

2. 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. "To damp your tender hopes."

Akenside.

Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. Bacon.

How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! Sir J. Lubbock.

The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. Macaulay.

Dampen <Xpage=367>

Damp"en (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dampened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dampening .] 1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.

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Damp"en , v. i. To become damp; to deaden.

Byron.

Damper <Xpage=367>

Damp"er (?) , 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.

Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. W. Black.

Dampish <Xpage=367>

Damp"ish (?) , a. Moderately damp or moist.

-- Damp"ish*ly , adv. -- Damp"ish*ness , n.

Dampne <Xpage=367>

Damp"ne (?) , v. t. To damn. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Dampness <Xpage=367>

Damp"ness , n. Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

Damp off <Xpage=367>

Damp" off` (?) . To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

Dampy <Xpage=367>

Damp"y (?) , a. 1. Somewhat damp. [Obs.]

Drayton.

2. Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] "Dispel dampy throughts."

Haywards.

Damsel <Xpage=367>

Dam"sel (?) , n. [OE. damosel , damesel , damisel , damsel, fr. OF. damoisele , damisele , gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau ; fr. LL. domicella , dominicella , fem., domicellus , dominicellus , masc., dim. fr. L. domina , dominus . See Dame , and cf. Demoiselle , Doncella .]

1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.]

2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden.

With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shum. Dryden.

Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot. Tennyson.

3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe<?/.

Damson <Xpage=367>

Dam"son (?) , n. [OE. damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene .] A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica ; -- called also damask plum .

Dan <Xpage=367>

Dan (?) , n. [OE. dan , danz , OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan , master, fr. L. dominus . See Dame .] A title of honor equivalent to master , or sir . [Obs.]

Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. Spenser.

What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.

Dan <Xpage=367>

Dan , n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Danaide <Xpage=367>

Da"na*ide (?) , n. [From the mythical Danaides , who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.) 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.

Danaite <Xpage=367>

Da"na*ite (?) , n. [Named after J. Freeman Dana .] (Min.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.

Danalite <Xpage=367>

Da"na*lite (?) , n. [Named after James Dwight Dana .] (Min.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.

Danburite <Xpage=367>

Dan"bu*rite (?) , n. (Min.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury , Conn. It is near the topaz in form.

Dana.

Dance <Xpage=367>

Dance (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Danced (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing .] [F. danser , fr. OHG. dans<?/n to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan , and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch ) as E. thin . See Thin .] 1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically.

Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance . Wiher.

Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your dauther? Shak.

2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray.

More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak.

Shadows in the glassy waters dance . Byron.

Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth.

To dance on a rope , &or; To dance on nothing , to be hanged.

Dance <Xpage=367>

Dance (?) , v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.

To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak.

Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak.

To dance attendance , to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.

A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.

Dance <Xpage=367>

Dance , n. [F. danse , of German origin. See Dance , v. i. ] 1. 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.

2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.

&hand; The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.

Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance . Chaucer.

Dance of Death (Art) , an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. -- Morris dance . See Morris . -- To lead one a dance , to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.

Dancer <Xpage=367>

Dan"cer (?) , n. One who dances or who practices dancing.

The merry dancers , beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis , under Aurora .

Danceress <Xpage=367>

Dan"cer*ess , n. A female dancer. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Dancett\'82 <Xpage=367>

Dan`cet`t\'82" (?) , a. [Cf. F. danch\'82 dancett\'82, dent tooth.] (Her.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett\'82 has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

Dancing <Xpage=367>

Dan"cing (?) , p. a. & vb. n. from Dance .

Dancing girl , one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. -- Dancing master , a teacher of dancing. -- Dancing school , a school or place where dancing is taught.

Dancy <Xpage=367>

Dan"cy (?) , a. (Her.) Same as Dancett\'82 .

Dandelion <Xpage=367>

Dan"de*li`on (?) , n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth , n. , and Lion .] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum ( T. officinale , formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum ) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

Dander <Xpage=367>

Dan"der (?) , n. [Corrupted from dandruff .]

1. Dandruff or scurf on the head.

2. Anger or vexation; rage [Low]

Halliwell.

Dander <Xpage=367>

Dan"der , v. i. [See Dandle .] To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Dandi <Xpage=367>

Dan"di (?) , n. [Hind. <?/ , fr. <?/ an oar.] A boatman; an oarsman. [India]

Dandie <Xpage=367>

Dan"die (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont .

Dandified <Xpage=367>

Dan"di*fied (?) , a. Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

Dandify <Xpage=367>

Dan"di*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dandified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandifying .] [ Dandy + -fy .] To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.

Dandiprat <Xpage=367>

Dan"di*prat (?) , n. [ Dandy + brat child.] 1. A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. "A dandiprat hop-thumb."

Stanyhurst.

2. A small coin.

Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats . Camden.

Dandle <Xpage=367>

Dan"dle (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dandled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling (?) .] [Cf. G. d\'84ndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten , G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill , dander , to go about idly, to trifly.]

1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.<?/

2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison.

The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.

3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.]

Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.

Dandler <Xpage=367>

Dan"dler (?) , n. One who dandles or fondles.

Dandriff <Xpage=367>

Dan"driff (?) , n. See Dandruff .

Swift.

Dandruff <Xpage=367>

Dandruff (?) , n. [Prob. from W. ton crust, peel, skin + AS. dr<?/f dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. &root;240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff .]

Dandy <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy (?) , n. ; pl. Dandies (#) . [Cf. F. dandin , ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle . Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.] 1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger , and mizzen .

3. A dandy roller. See below.

Dandy brush , a yard whalebone brush. -- Dandy fever . See Dengue . -- Dandy line , a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. -- Dandy roller , a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

Dandy-cock </, n. masc., Dandy-hen <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy-cock` (<?/) , n. masc. , Dan"dy-hen` (<?/) , n. fem. [See Dandy .] A bantam fowl.

Dandyish <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy*ish , a. Like a dandy.

Dandyism <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy*ism (?) , n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness.

Byron.

Dandyise <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy*ise (?) , v. t. & i. To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.

Dandyling <Xpage=367>

Dan"dy*ling (?) , n. [ Dandy + <?/ling .] A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Dane <Xpage=367>

Dane (?) , n. [LL. Dani : cf. AS. Dene .] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark.

Great Dane . (Zo\'94l.) See Danish dog , under Danish .

Danegeld, Danegelt <Xpage=367>

Dane"geld` (?) , Dane"gelt` (?) , n. [AS. danegeld . See Dane , and Geld , n. ] (Eng. Hist.) 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.

Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins.

Danewort <Xpage=367>

Dane"wort` (?) , n. (Bot.) 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.]

Dang <Xpage=367>

Dang (?) , imp. of Ding . [Obs.]

Dang <Xpage=367>

Dang , v. t. [Cf. Ding .] To dash. [Obs.]

Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. Marlowe.

Danger <Xpage=367>

Dan"ger (?) , n. [OE. danger , daunger , power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier , dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon , Domain , Dame .] 1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]

In danger had he . . . the young girls. Chaucer.

2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger , below.

You stand within his danger , do you not? Shak.

Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia).

3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.