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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Damp \Damp\ (d[a^]mp), a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.]
     1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet;
        moist; humid.
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              O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear.


                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]
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              All these and more came flocking, but with looks
              Downcast and damp.                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  damper \damp"er\ (d[a^]m"p[~e]r), n.
     That which damps or checks; as:
     (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a
         stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the
         draught of air.
     (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations;
         or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action
         at a particular time.
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               Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any
               damper at the modest little festivities. --W.
                                                    Black.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  damper
       n 1: a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or
            chimney or furnace
       2: a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic,
          mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations [syn:
          {muffler}]
       3: a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic
          plans"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  86 Moby Thesaurus words for "damper":
     acoustic tile, andiron, antiknock, arrest, baffler, bearing rein,
     bit, brake, chain, check, checkrein, chill, chock, clog,
     coal tongs, cold water, countercheck, crane, crepehanger, crook,
     curb, curb bit, cushion, damp, dampener, determent, deterrent,
     discouragement, doorstop, drag, drag sail, drift anchor,
     drift sail, drogue, fetter, fire hook, fire tongs, firedog, gag,
     grate, grating, grid, griddle, gridiron, grill, griller, holdback,
     hushcloth, killjoy, lifter, martingale, muffle, muffler, mute,
     muzzle, pelham, pessimist, poker, pothook, quietener, remora,
     salamander, scotch, sea anchor, shackle, silence cloth, silencer,
     snaffle, soft pedal, sordine, sordino, sound-absorbing material,
     soundproofing, soundproofing insulation, sourdine, spit,
     spoilsport, spoke, stay, stop, tongs, trammel, tripod, trivet,
     turnspit, wet blanket
  
  

















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