| Dam (dam) |
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| n. | (d m) |
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| Dam |
| [OE. dame
mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.] |
A female parent; -- used of beasts,
especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human
mother.
A king or crowned piece in the game of
draughts.
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A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid;
esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood,
built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing
water.
A firebrick wall, or a
stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast
furnace.
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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.
To shut up; to stop up; to close; to
restrain.
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