Damp

damp, a. Moderately wet; moist; humid. — Moisture; humidity; fog; dejection; depre ion; discouragement, pi. (Mining.) Gaseous products, eliminated in coal-mines, wells, etc. — v. [damped (dampt), damping.] To moisten, make humid, render chilly, depre or deject, discourage. [D. and Dan., vapor, Sw. damb, dust, G. damp/, vapor, D. dampen, to steam, Dan. dampe, to reek.] — Dampen, damp'n, v. or |-ened (-nd), -ening.] To make or become moist. — Damp'er, That which damps or checks; as a valve in a flue, to regulate the draught of air, or a contrivance in mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. — Damplie , n. Moderate humidity; moisture. Damsel. See under Dame. Damson. See under Damascene.