dame 
Where shall we tinil leash or band. 
For (//' that loves to rove? 
Scott, Marmlon, 1. 17. 
One old daiif 
rame suddenly on the Queen with the sharp news. 
Tennyson, Lancelot and Elaine. 
5. The mistress of an elementary school. 
He bewailed his sinful course of life, his disobedience 
to his parents, his slighting and despising their instruc- 
tions and the instructions of his ilanif, and other means 
of grace God had offered him. 
\\ uithrop, Hist. New England, II. 60. 
Like many others bom in villages, he [Robert Hall] re- 
ceived his first regular instruction at a dame's school 
that of flam* Scotton. O. Gregory. 
6. In Eton, England, a woman with whom the 
boys board, and who has a certain care over 
them; sometimes, also, a man who occupies the 
same position. 
Eton is less symmetrical than the other two, in so far 
as she retains Damti' houses, cheaper than tutors' houses. 
About one hundred and thirty boys board with Dames. 
Sydney Smith, in C. A. Bristed's English University, p. 338. 
Dame Joan ground. See grou n/n. 
dameiselt, An obsolete form of dampen. 
damenization (da-me-ni-za'shon), n. [Also 
written damenisation ; < (la + me + ni + (-i)ze + 
-ation.} In music, the use of the syllablesdo, me, 
, po, tu, la, be, to indicate the successive 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 solinization, bobi- 
sation, etc. 
damer (da'mer), n. A darning-needle. [Ob- 
solete or provincial.] 
dame-school (dam'skol), . An elementary 
private school taught by a woman. 
His (Sir. Odger's] boyish education was limited to the 
rustic dame-xcliwl of his native hamlet. 
R. J. Hiuton, Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 330. 
dame's-violet (damz'vi'o-let), n. An English 
popular name of the plant Hesperis matronalis. 
Also called damask rioiet. See rocket. 
damiana (dam-i-an'a), n. A drug consisting 
of the leaves of certain Mexican plants, spe- 
cies of Turnent, chiefly T. micropliylla and T. 
diffusa, and Bigeloria reneta, supposed to have 
tonic and stimulant properties. 
Damianist (da'mi-au-ist), M. [< Damian + 
-ist.} Same as Dauilanite. 
Damianite (da'mi-an-lt), . [< Damian + 
-ite 2 .] Eccles., a follower of Damiauus, 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 
united. 
damier, . The Cape pigeon, Daption capense. 
dammar (ilam'ar), . [Also da mar ; < Hind. 
ddmar, resin, pitch: see dammar-resin.} Same 
as dammar-reftin. 
Dammara (dam'a-ra), n. [NL., also Damaru ; 
< dammar, q. v.] " l" A genus ot large dioecious 
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 b or 10 species. D. orientals is a tall 
tree, attaining on the mountains of Amboyna a height 
of from 80 to 100 feet. Its light timber is of little valiie, 
but it yields the well-known dammar-resin. Another s|>e- 
cies is D. aiutralu, 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 vessels and for house-building, anil often richly 
mottled. It yields a large quantity of resin, which is also 
found buried in large masses on sites where the tree no 
longer grows. Other useful species are D. obttim of the 
New Hebrides, D. Mount of New Caledonia, etc. 
2. [I. c.} Same as (laminar-resin. 
dammarelt, . [Appar. a var. of "dameret, < OF. 
damerct, a lady's man, a carpet-knight, < dame, 
lady : see dame.} An effeminate person ; a lady's 
man. 
The lawyer here may learn divinity, 
The divine, lawes or faire astrology, 
The daminftrel respectively to fight, 
The duellist to court a mistress right. 
Beloe'f Aneedolfs i>f Litfratnre, VI. 51. 
dammar-gum (dam'ar-gum), . Same as iliim- 
iii(ir-n xiii. 
dammaric (dam'a-rik), a. [< Dammara + -if-} 
Relating to or derived from trees of the genus 
DII m mam. -Dammaric add, the part of dammar-resin 
which is soluble in alcohol and has acid properties. 
dammarin (dam'a-rin), . [< dammar + -in 2 .] 
Same as dammar-resin. 
dammar-pitch (dam'iir-pich), H. White dam- 
mar-resin. 
dammar-resin (dam'iir-rez'in), H. A gum or 
resin resembling copal, produced by various 
species of Dammara. The East Indian or cat's-eye 
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resin Is obtained from D. oriental!*, and when mixed with 
powdered bamboo-bark and a little chalk is llsedfpr calking 
ships. Another variety, the kauri-gam, is obtained from 
D auxtralii of New Zealand ; it is colorless or pale-yellow, 
hard and brittle, and has a faint odor and resinous taste. 
Both gums are used for colorless varnish, for which pur- 
pose they are dissolved in turpentine. Also damar-rtxut. 
<tiiiiiiiiar-<ii/in, dammara, damtnariii. dammar. Jamar, 
dainniei: Black dammar-resin, of southern India, a 
product of Catuiriiiiu ftrictiini, of the natural order Bvr- 
seracea. White dammar-resin, a product of Vat'-nn 
linlira, used in varnish on the Malabar coast in India. 
Also called Indian copal or piny retin. 
damme (dam'e), interj. A coalesced form of 
damn me, used as an oath. 
Come, now; shall I begin with an oath? Do, Sir Lucius, 
let me begin with a damme. Sheridan, The Rivals, iii. 4. 
dammer ' (dam'er), . One who dams up water, 
or who builds dams. 
dammer 2 (dam'er). . Same as dammar-resin. 
damn (dam), r. [< ME. damnen, usually dami>- 
IICH, < OF. damner, damier, daner, demner, often 
dampner, dempner, F. damner = Pr. dampnar 
= OSp. damnar, daftar = Pg. damnar = It. 
dannare, condemn, damn (cf. OHG. flrdamnon, 
MHG. rerdamnen, G. rcrdammen, damn), < L. 
damnare, condemn, fine, < (iainnttm, loss, harm, 
fine, penalty: see damage, and cf. condemn.'} 
I. trans. If. To condemn; affirm to be guilty, 
or worthy of punishment ; sentence judicially. 
He that doubteth is damned if he eat. Rom. xiv. 28. 
Lifting the Good up to high Honours seat, 
And the Evill damning evermore to dy, 
Spenser, To G. Harvey. 
In some part of the laud these serving-men (for so be 
these damned persons called) do no common work ; but as 
every private man needeth labours, so he coiueth into the 
market-plpee, and there hireth some of them for meat and 
drink. Sir T. More, Vtopia, tr. by Robinson, i. 
2f. To assign to a certain fate ; doom. 
Damvnud was he to deye in that prison. 
CAoiioT, Monk's Tale, 1. 426. 
The yongest dauie to forrests fled, 
And there is dampnde to dwell. 
Oaacoiijne, Philomene (ed. Arber), p. 110. 
Specifically 3. In theoi., to doom to punish- 
ment in a future state ; condemn to heft. [For 
this word, as used in this sense in the authorized version 
of the Bible, the word condemn has been substituted in 
the revised version. See damnation.] 
He that believeth not shall be damned. Mark xvi. 16. 
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. 
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 7i<* eyes!) in general 
reprehension or defiance of a person. 
Ay, ay, it's all very true ; but, hark'ee, Rowley, while J 
have, by heaven I'll give ; so damn your economy. 
Sheridan, School for Scandal, iv. 1. 
5. To address with the objurgation "damn!"; 
swear at. 
He scarcely spoke to me during the whole of the brief 
drive, only opening his lips at intervals to damn his horse. 
Charlotte Bronte, The Professor, ii. 
6. To adjudge or pronounce to be bad; con- 
demn as a failure ; hence, to ruin by expressed 
disapproval: as, to damn a play. [Chiefly in 
literary use.] 
For the great dons of wit, 
Phtebus gives them full privilege alone 
To damn all others, and cry up their own. 
Dryden, Indian Emperor. 
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, 
And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. 
Pope, I'rol. to Satires, 1. 201. 
To damn a bond or a deedt, to cancel it. 
II. I'M trait*. To use the objurgation ' ' damn ! " ; 
swear. 
damn (dam), M. The verb damn used as a pro- 
fane word: a curse; an oath. 
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. curte-2.] Tinker's damn, trooper's damn, some- 
thing absolutely worthless. [Slang. Cf. rnW-'.l 
damna, . Plural of damnum. 
damnability (dam-na-bil'i-ti), . [< ML. dam- 
nabilita(t-)g, \ LL. damnabilis: see damnable.} 
The state or quality of deserving damnation ; 
damuableness. 
Tin 1 deacllynesse, or, as men might say, . . . the (famna- 
hum,' belonging to the mortall offence. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 4:. 
damnable (dam'ua-bl), a. [< ME. dampnablr, 
< OF. damnable, F. damnable = Pr. dampnable 
= OSp. damnable, danable = lt. dannabile, < LL. 
damnabilis, worthy of condemnation, < L. dam- 
/nirc, condemn: see damn.} If. To be con- 
demned; worthy of condemnation; productive 
of harm, loss, or injury. 
damned 
And yf thi wey be foule, it is datnpnaf'te, 
\nd neither plesaunt, neither profitable. 
Palladia*, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 8. 
2. Worthy of damnation. 
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. Shak., M. for M., iv. 3. 
Doctrines which once were dttntitfit>lt> are now fashion- 
able, and heresies are appropriated as aids to faith. 
G. H. Leu-eg, Probs. of Life and Mind, I. i. 1. 
3. Entailing damnation ; damning. 
The mercy of God, if it be rightly applyed, there is no- 
thing more comfortable ; if it be abused, as an occasion to 
the flesh, there is nothing more damnable. 
Hifron, Works (ed. 1624), I. 185. 
4. Odious; detestable; abominable; outra- 
geous. [Regarded as profane.] 
Now shall we have <tnu(nnij? ballads out against us, 
Most wicked madrigals. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, ii. 2. 
damnableness (dam'na-bl-nes), . The state of 
being damnable, or of deserving condemnation. 
The question being of the dantnablenesg of error. 
Chillimjuvrth, Religion of Protestants. 
damnably (dam'na-bli), adv. 1. In a manner 
to incur severe censure, condemnation, or dam- 
nation. 
They do cursedly and damnably ayenst Crist. 
fhaucer, Parson's Tale. 
2. Odiously; detestably; abominably. [Re- 
garded as profane.] 
I'll let thee plainly know, I am cheated damnably. 
Fletcher, Rule a Wife, v. >. 
damnation (dam-na'shon), n. [< ME. danuia- 
cion, -oun, dampnacion,'<. OF. damnation, dam- 
nacion, damnation, etc., F. damnation = Pr. 
dampnatio = OSp. damnacion, daHacion = Pg. 
damnayao = It. dannazione, < L. damnatio(n-), 
condemnation, < damnare, pp. damiiatus, con- 
demn, damn: see damn, and cf. condemnation.} 
1. Condemnation; adverse judgment ; judicial 
sentence ; doom. 
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for 
ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long 
prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 
Mat. xxiii. 14. 
And shall come forth : they that have done good, unto 
the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. John v, 29. 
In the commonly misunderstood sentence in the Com- 
munion Office, taken from 1 Cor. xi. 29, eat and drink our 
own damnation, the latter word is used in its simple sense 
of judgment. Bible Word Book. 
[This is the sense in which the word is used in the au- 
thorized version of the New Testament : in the revised 
version, in some passages condemnation (Mat. xxiii. 14 ; 
Mark xii. 40), in others judgment (Mat. xxiii. 33 ; John v. 
28; 1 Cor. xi. 29), is substituted for it.] 
Specifically 2. In ttieol., condemnation to 
punishment in the future state; sentence to 
eternal punishment. 
He that hath been affrighted with the fears of hell, or 
remembers how often he hath been spared from an horri- 
ble damnation, will not be ready to strangle his brother 
for a trifle. Jer. Taylor, Worthy Communicant. 
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. 
Shak., Macbeth, i. 7. 
4. The act of censuring or condemning by open 
disapproval, as by hissing or other expression 
of disapprobation. 
Don't lay the damnation of your play to my account. 
Fieldin/j, Joseph Andrews. 
5. Used as a profane expletive. [Low.] 
damnatory (dam'na-to-ri), a. [< ML. "damna- 
torius, < L. damnatits, pp. of damnare, damn: 
see damn.} Containing a sentence of condem- 
nation; assigning to damnation; condemna- 
tory: damning: as, the damiMtory clauses of 
the Athanasian creed. 
Boniface was in the power of a prince who made light 
of his damnatory invectives. Hallnm. Middle Ages. vii. _>. 
damned (damd), p. a. [Pp. of damn, r.} 1. 
Condemned; judicially sentenced ; specifically, 
(reputed to be) sentenced to punishment in a 
future state; consigned to perdition. 
But although all dawn'd persons at the great day will 
le confounded and ashamed, yet none will l>e more ridicu- 
lously miserable than such who go to Hell for fushion- 
sake. SSCiZZtttg/Ceet] Sermons, I. xii. 
2. Hateful ; detestable ; abominable : a profane 
objurgation, also used adverbially to express 
more or less intense dislike : as an adverb also 
simply intensive, equivalent to 'very,' 'ex- 
ceedingly,' employed to strengthen an adjec- 
tive used in either reprobation or approbation, 
