daman (daman)

hyrax, Hyrax syriacus; [Syrian.] The Syrian the cony of the Bible. Also written dam on . See cony and Hyrax. damar (dam'är), n. Same as dammar - resin . Damara (dam'a-ra), n . dam arete i on (dam"a-re-ti'on), n.; pl. dam arete i a (-a). [Gr. δαμαρέτειον (sc. νόμισμα, coin), neut. of Aa μαρέτειος, of Damarete or Demarete, Same as Dammar a , 1. IMG:content-2009.jpg:[graphic][merged small] IMG:content-2010.png:[blocks in formation] damascus, and cf. damaskeen, damascene. As an adj., def. 3, directly Damascus .] I. n. 1. A textile fabric woven in elaborate patterns. (a) A rich fabric of coarse silk threads woven in figures of many colors: a manufacture which has been long estab- lished in Syria, and has frequently been imitated in Eu- rope. (b) A modern material, used chiefly for furniture- covering, made of silk and wool or silk and cotton, and usually in elaborate designs. (c) An inferior quality of the table-linen. It is generally ornamented with a pattern shown by opposite reflections of light from the surface without contrast of color. (e) A cotton fabric made for curtains, table-covers, etc., usually in different shades of 2. A pink color like that of the damask rose; a highly luminous crimson red reduced in chroma, and not appearing to incline to either orange or purple. Cuppes of fine Corinthian lattin, guilded and damaskined. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 307. damaskeening (dam-as-kē'ning), n. [Verbal n. of damaskeen , v.] 1. The art of ornamenting a surface of one metal by inlaying with another. A surface of iron, steel, or bronze is first engraved with lines and figures, the incisions being more or le under- cut-that is, broader at the bottom than at the surface. The metal used for the ornamental pattern is then usu- ally inlaid in the form of a narrow ribbon or strip, which is driven into its place by blows of a mallet; the whole surface is then polished. Also called damascene work. drawing out, and doubling up a bar composed of a mixture of iron and steel, the surface of which is afterward treated with an acid. The surface of the iron under this treatment retains its metal- lic luster, while that of the steel is left with a black, firm- ly adhesive coating of carbon. Roscoe and Schorl emmer. Also damask , damasking . Betwixt the constant red and mingled damask. damask int, v. t. An obsolete form of damaskeen . Shak., As you Like it, iii. 5. damask int, n. [Var. of damascene , after dam as- 3. Same as damaskeening , 2.-4. Wavy lines kin , v.] A Damascus blade; a damaskeened shown on metal, formed by damaskeening.- blade. No old Toledo blades or damaskins . IMG:content-2011.jpg:[graphic] Capha damask, a material mentioned in the sixteenth century, perhaps named from the seaport of Caffa or Kaffa, IMG:content-2012.jpg:[blocks in formation] ascene , def. II., 2; = F. damascène = Sp. Pg.It. damasceno = G. damascener , Damascenus , Δαμασκηνός , of Damascus, Δαμασκός , L. Da- mascus , Damascus: see damask . From the same adj., in its OF. form dam a is in , comes E. damson , q. v. Cf. damaskeen .] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining to the city of Damascus, anciently and still the capital of Syria, and under the Ommiad califs capital of the Mohammedan empire, long cele- brated for its works in steel. See damascus.- A damask napkin wrought with horse and hound. 2. [l.c.] Of or pertaining to the art of dam as- Tennyson, Audley Court. keening, or to something made by that proce . 2. Of a pink color like that of the damask rose. Damascene workers, chiefly for ornamenting arms. An opinion that no clothing so adorned them as their painting and damasking of their bodies. Speed , Ancient Britaines, V. vii. 7. 3. Wavy lines formed on metal by damaskeen- ing, or lines similar in appearance. But above all conspicuous for these workes and damask- ings is the maple. Evelyn, To Dr. Wilkins. Feed on her damask cheek. Shak., T. N., ii. 4. damasqueeneryt (dam-as-kē'ne-ri), n. [ dam- While, dreaming on your damask cheek, The dewy sister-eyelids lay. Lo, Adam, in the felde of Damascene , With Goddes owen finger wrought was he. Pers and appill, bot he rype thay were, The date, and als the damasee . IMG:content-2013.jpg:[blocks in formation] Mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold. Dryden, Æneid, xi. 736. If you could pick out more of these play-particles, and, discourse with them. as occasion shall salute you, embroider or damask your B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 3. On the soft downy bank damask'd with flowers. Milton , P. L., iv. 334. damasked (dam'askt), p . a . [Pp. of damask , v .] 1. Having a running figure covering the sur- face, as in damask or damaskeened metal. This place [Damascus) is likewise famous for cutlery ware, which is made of the old iron that is found in antient buildings; damasked or watered. dambonite (dam'bon-it), n. [ n'dambo , native name for the tree, + -ite2 .] A white crystalline substance existing to the extent of 0.5 per cent. in caoutchouc, obtained from an unknown tree growing near the Gaboon in western Africa. It is very readily soluble in water and in aque- ous, but not in absolute, alcohol. dambose (dam'bōs), n. Same as dambonite . dambrod (dam'brod), n. [Sc., also (accom. to E. board ) damboard ; dambräde (= Dan. dambrat ), checker-board, dam (= Dan. dam ), checkers (see dams), + bräde = Dan. bræt, board: see board .] A che or checker-board. - Dambrod pattern, a large pattern, resembling the squares on a checker-board. Pococke , Description of the East, II. i. 125. Bréant, of Paris, employed cast steel and carburetted steel, and he got a damasked blade after acidulated wash ing. N. and Q., 6th ser., XI. 352. 2. In her ., decorated with an ornamental pat- tern, as the field or an ordinary. [Rare.] damaskeen (dam-as-ken'), v . t. [Early mod. E. also damaskin ; = MD. damask ene ren , dam as- quin , of damask (= Sp. Pg. dam as quino = It. 2t. A dam: said of beasts. dam as chino, dam mas chino , of damask, formerly also as a noun, damask, damask-work), dam as (= It. damasco , etc., damascus ), damask. Damaskeen (not used as an adj. in E.) thus ult. represents F. damasquin , formed anew as an adj. from dam as (in E. as if damask + -inel) and meaning 'relating to damask.' It has been confused in part with damascene , which is of much older origin and means 'relating to Da- mascus.'] To ornament (metal, as steel), by in- laying or otherwise, in such a way as to pro- duce an effect compared (originally) with that of damask; ornament with flowers or patterns on the surface; damask. I folwed ay my dames lore. Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 583. Sovran of creatures, universal dame ! Milton , P. L., ix. 612. 3. A woman of rank, high social position, or culture; a lady; specifically, in Great Britain, the legal title of the wife or widow of a knight or baronet. Not all these lords do vex me half so much As that proud dame , the lord protector's wife. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., i. 3. 4. A woman in general; particularly, a woman of mature years, a married woman, or the mis- tre of a household: formerly often used (like the modern Mrs. ) as a title, before either the surname or the Christian name. IMG:content-2014.png:[blocks in formation] Came suddenly on the Queen with the sharp news. Tennyson , Lance lot and Elaine. D. australis of New Zealand; it is colorle or pale-yellow, hard and brittle, and has a faint odor and resinous taste, Both gums are used for colorle varnish, for which pur- pose they are di olved in turpentine. Also damar -resin, dammar - gum , dammar a, dammar in, dammar, damar , dammer. Black dammar-resin, of southern India, a product of Canarium strictum , of the natural order Bur- seracece. White dammar-resin, a product of Vateria Indica , used in varnish on the Malabar coast in India. Also called Indian copal or piny resin. dameiselt, n. An obsolete form of damsell . damenization (dä-me-ni-zā'shon), n . [Also [Also written dame nis at i on ; da + me + ni +(-i) ze + -ation .] In music , the use of the syllables ablesda, da , me, ni , po , tu , la , be , to indicate the succe ive tones of the scale, or the singing of a melody by the help of these syllables: advocated by the com- poser Graun about 1750. See solmization , bob i- zati on , etc. damer (da'mer), n. A darning-needle. [Ob- solete or provincial.] dame-school (dām'sköl), n. An elementary private school taught by a woman. His [Mr. Odger's] boyish education was limited to the rustic dame - school of his native hamlet. R. J. Hinton , Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 330. dame's-violet (dāmz'vi"ō-let), n. An English popular name of the plant Hesperis matronal is . Also called damask violet . See rocket . One who dams up water, or who builds dams. dammer2 (dam'èr), n . Same as dammar -resin. damn (dam), v. [ damnen , usually damp- nen , damner , danner , daner , demner , often dampner, dempner, F. damner = Pr. dampnar = OSp. damnar , dañar = Pg. damnar = It. dannare, condemn, damn (cf. OHG. firdamnon, MHG. verdamnen , G. verdammen , damn), , condemn, fine, damnum , lo , harm, fine, penalty: see damage , and cf. condemn.] I. trans. 11. To condemn; affirm to be guilty, or worthy of punishment; sentence judicially. Lifting the Good up to high Honours seat, And the Evill damning evermore to dy. 2t. To a ign to a certain fate; doom. Dampnyd was he to deye in that prison. The yongest dame to for rests fled, And there is dampnde to dwell. Gas coigne, Philomene (ed. Arber), p. 110. Specifically-3. In theol . , to doom to punish- ment in a future state; condemn to hell. [For this word, as used in this sense in the authorized version of the Bible, the word condemn has been substituted in damiana (dam-i-an'ä), n. A drug consisting of the leaves of certain Mexican plants, spe- cies of Turner a , chiefly T. microphyll a and T. diffusa , and Bigelovia veneta , supposed to have tonic and stimulant properties. Damianist (da'mi-an-ist), n. -ist .] Same as Damianite . Damianite (da'mi-an-it), n. [ Damian + -ite2.] Eccles ., a follower of Damianus, a Mo- nophysite patriarch of Alexandria in the sixth century, who denied the separate Godhead of the persons of the Trinity, teaching that Fa- ther, Son, and Holy Spirit are God only when damier, n. The Cape pigeon, Daption capense . dammar (dam'är), n. [Also damar ; dāmar , resin, pitch: see dammar - resin .] Same as dammar - resin . Dammar a (dam'a-rä), n. [NL., also Damara ; dammar , q. v.] 1. A genus of large diœcio us coniferous trees to which the earlier name Agathis has been restored. They are natives of the East Indian islands, New Guinea, and New Zealand, have large lanceolate leathery leaves, and bear ovate or globu- lar cones with a single laterally winged seed under each scale. There are 8 or 10 species. D. oriental is is a tall tree, attaining on the mountains of Amboyna a height of from 80 to 100 feet. Its light timber is of little value, but it yields the well-known dammar-resin. Another spe- cies is D. australis , the kauri-pine of New Zealand, which is sometimes 200 feet high, and affords a very strong and durable wood, highly esteemed for masts and the plank- ing of ve els and for house-building, and often richly mottled. It yields a large quantity of resin, which is also found buried in large ma es on sites where the tree no longer grows. Other useful species are D. obtusa of the New He brides, D. Moorii of New Caledonia, etc. 2. [l. c.] Same as dammar - resin . That which he continues ignorant of, having done the utmost lying in his power that he might not be ignorant of it, shall not damn him. South , Sermons. And yf thi wey be foule, it is dampnable , And neither plesaunt, neither profitable. O thou damnable fellow! did not I pluck thee by the nose for thy speeches? Shak., M. for M., v. 1. A creature unprepar'd, unmeet for death; And to transport him in the mind he is Were damnable . 4. Odious; detestable; abominable; outra- geo us. [Regarded as profane.] Now shall we have damnable ballads out against us, Most wicked madrigals. I'll let thee plainly know, I am cheated damnably. Fletcher, Rule a Wife, v. 2. damnation (dam-na's hon), n. [ cion , -oun, dampnacion , damnation , dam- nacion, damn a is on, etc., F. damnation = Pr. dampnatio = OSp. damnacion , dañacion = Pg. damn ação = It. dan nazi one, damnatio (n-), condemnation, damn are , pp. damn at us , con- demn, damn: see damn , and cf. condemnation . ] 1. Condemnation; adverse judgment; judicial sentence; doom. Hence-4. In the imperative, used profanely in emphatic objurgation or contempt of the object, and more vulgarly in certain arbitrary phrases (as damn your or his eyes !) in general thorized version of the New Testament: in the revised reprehension or defiance of a person. IMG:content-2015.png:[blocks in formation] dammarelt, n. [Appar. a var. of * dameret , . dameret , a lady's man, a carpet-knight, dame , lady: see dame .] An effeminate person; a lady's IMG:content-2016.png:[blocks in formation] Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete. Damns have had their day. Sheridan , The Rivals, ii. 1. Not to care a damn, to be totally indifferent. [Slang. Cf. curse2.]-Tinker's damn, trooper's damn, some- thing absolutely worthle . [Slang. Cf. curse2.] damn a, n. Plural of damnum. damnability (dam-na-bil'i-ti), n. [ nabilita ( t- )s, damnabilis : see damnable .] The state or quality of deserving damnation; damnablene . The deadlyne e, or, as men might say,. the damn a . bilitie belonging to the mortall offence. Sir T. More , Works, p. 438. damnable (dam'na-bl), a . [ dampnable , damnable , F. damnable = Pr. dampnable = OSp. damnable , dañable = It. dannabile , damnabilis , worthy of condemnation, dam- nare , condemn: see damn .] 1. To be con- demned; worthy of condemnation; productive of harm, lo , or injury. version, in some pa ages condemnation (Mat. xxiii. 14; Mark xii. 40), in others judgment (Mat, xxiii. 33; John v. 29; 1 Cor. xi. 29), is substituted for it.] Specifically-2. In theol ., condemnation to punishment in the future state; sentence to 3. Something meriting eternal punishment. Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off. 4. The act of censuring or condemning by open disapproval, as by hi ing or other expre ion of disapprobation. Don't lay the damnation of your play to my account. Fielding , Joseph Andrews. IMG:content-2017.png:[blocks in formation] 2. A poisonous vapor; specifically, in mining, a stifling or poisonous gas. See black - damp, fire - damp. Look not upon me, as ye love your honours! I am so cold a coward, my infection Will choke your virtues like a damp else. God and nature gave men and beasts these naturall instincts or inclinations to provide for themselves all those things that are profitable and to avoyde all those things 3. A fog. which are damn if i cable . T. Wright, Pa ions of the Mind, ii. 5. damnification (dam"ni-fi-kā'shon), n. [ dam nify: see -fy and -ation.] Damage inflicted; that which causes damage or lo . damnify (dam'ni-fi), v. t.; pret. and pp. damn i fied, ppr. dan damnifying. [OF. damnifier, dam nefier = It. dannificare, This citie hath beene very much damnified at two sever all times; first by Attila,... who destroyed it; secondly by Egilolphus. Coryat , Crudities, I. 139. If such an one be not our neighbor, then we have no relation to him by any command of the second table, for Fletcher, Bonduc a, iv. 3. And, when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand The Thing became a trumpet; whence he blew Soul-animating strains-alas! too few. Words worth, Misc. Sonnets, ii. 1. 4. A check; a discouragement. This made a dampe in ye busines, and caused some ome distraction. Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 29. To have owned any fixed scheme of religious principles, would have been a mighty damp to their [scorners'] imaginations. 5. Depre ion of spirits; dejection. Bp. Atterbury, Sermons, I. v. The disappointments which naturally attend the great promises we make ourselves in expected enjoyments strike no damp upon such men. Steele, Tatler, No. 211. The damps, dampne . My Lady Yarmouth is forced to keep a constant fire in her room against the damps . Walpole , Letters, II. 177. that requires us to love our neighbor only, and then we damp (damp), a. [ may deceive, beat, and otherwise damnify him, and not sin. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 136. They acknowledge the power of the English man's God because they could never yet have power to damnify the English either in body or goods. Boyle , Works, III. 320. damning (dam'ning), p . a. [Ppr. of damn , v.] That condemns or exposes to condemnation or damnation: as, damning proof; damning criticism.