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11361. dammen v.

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(a) To dam (a stream); (b) of a moat: to be choked (with corpses). …

11362. dammer n.

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One who builds dams. …

11363. damming ger.

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The pond above a dam [cp. dam 2]. …

11364. damp n.

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In a coal mine: the choke-damp or fire-damp. …

11365. dampen v.

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To stifle, suffocate. …

11366. dampnāble adj. (& adv.)

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(a) Reprehensible, blameworthy; deserving of condemnation; (b) harmful, damaging. …

11367. dampnāblelī adv.

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(a) In a manner deserving condemnation; (b) theol. in a manner deserving or incurring damnation or punishment. …

11368. dampnāciǒun n.

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(a) Judicial condemnation; sentencing, conviction; also, death sentence; hous of dampnacioun, ?a law court or tribunal; (b) doom, ruin, injury. …

11369. dampnen v.

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To pass adverse judgment upon (sth., sb.); condemn or repudiate (a doctrine); object to or condemn (a practice); ban (a book); blame, censure or criticize (sb.). …

11370. dampnere n.

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(a) One who condemns (himself) to perdition; (b) one who 'judges' or interprets (the Scriptures). …

11371. dampning ger.

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(a) Law Judicial condemnation, sentencing; a sentence; (b) theol. damnation; a curse. …

11372. dane-gẹ̄ld n.

Additional spellings: danegeld
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A land tax levied by the Norman kings [orig., either by the Anglo-Saxon kings for defense against the 'Danes', or by the 'Danish' rulers as a tribute]. …

11373. Daneis n. (sgingular & plural)

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(a) A Dane; (b) as OF surname. …

11374. Dānes n. (plural) Also singular

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(a) The Danes or Northmen; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 1.127 & 129]. …

11375. Dānish adj. & n.

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(a) Danish or Norse; Danish ax, a kind of battle-ax; Danish lond, Denmark; Danish se, the North Sea; (b) a Dane or Northman; (c) the Danish language; (d) as surname. …

11376. Dānishrīe n.

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The Danish people or army; ?also, the Danelaw. …

11377. dank adj. & n.

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Wet, damp; dampness, moisture. …

11378. danken v.

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(a) To moisten (sth., as with dew or rain); (b) to be moist or bedewed. …

11379. dankinge ger.

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Moistening, moisture. …

11380. da-pacem n.

Additional spellings: da pacem
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Nickname of a sword or dagger: Give-peace, Put-to-rest. …

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