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Dam
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(1):
(v. t.) To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
(2):
(v. t.) To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; - generally used with in or up.
(3):
(n.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
(4):
(n.) A female parent; - used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
(5):
(n.) A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
(6):
(n.) A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
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Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dam.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dam'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dam.html. 1828.
