Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DAM'AG-ING, ppr.

Injuring; impairing.

DAM'AS-CENE, n. [L. damascenus, from Damascus.]

1. A particular kind of plum, now pronounced damson, – which see.
2. It may be locally applied to other species of plums.

DAM'ASK, n. [It. dommasco; Fr. damas; Sp. damasco; from Damascus, in Syria.]

1. A silk stuff, having some parts raised above the ground, representing flowers and other figures, originally from Damascus.
2. A kind of wrought linen, made in Flanders, in imitation of damask silks.
3. Red color, from the damask-rose. Fairfax. Damask-steel, is a fine steel from the Levant, chiefly from Damascus, used for sword and cutlas blades.

DAM'ASK, v.t.

1. To form flowers on stuffs; also, to variegate; to diversify; as, a bank damasked with flowers. Milton.
2. To adorn steel-work with figures. [See Damaskeen.]

DAM'ASK-ED, pp.

Variegated with flowers.

DAM-ASK-EEN'ED, pp.

Carved into figures and inlaid with gold or silver wire.

DAM-ASK-EEN'ING, n.

The act or art of beautifying iron or steel, by engraving and inlaying it with gold or silver wire. This art partakes of the mosaic, of engraving, and of carving. Like the mosaic, it has inlaid work; like engraving, it cuts the metal into figures; and as in chasing, gold and silver is wrought in relievo. Encyc.

DAM-ASK-EEN'ING, ppr.

Engraving and adorning with gold or silver wire inlaid.

DAM'ASK-EN, or DAM-ASK-EEN', v.t. [Fr. damasquiner. See Damask.]

To make incisions in iron, steel, &c., and fill them with gold or silver wire, for ornament; used chiefly for adorning sword-blades, guards, locks of pistols, &c. Chambers.

DAM'ASK-IN, n.

A saber, so called from the manufacture of Damascus.

DAM'ASK-ING, ppr.

Variegating with flowers.

DAM'ASK-PLUM, n.

A small black plum.

DAM'ASK-ROSE, n.

A species of rose which is red, and another which is white.

DAM'AS-SIN, n.

A kind of damask with gold and silver flowers woven in the warp and woof. Ure.

DAME, n. [Fr. dame; Sp. Port. It. dama; from L. domina, a mistress or governess, from domo, Gr. δαμαω, to subdue, Eng. to tame. Class Dm, No. 3, 4, 23, 24.]

Literally, a mistress: hence, a lady; a title of honor to a woman. It is now generally applied to the mistress of a family in the common ranks of life; as is its compound, Madam. In poetry, it is applied to a woman of rank. In short, it is applied, with propriety to any woman who is or has been the mistress of a family, and it sometimes comprehends women in general.

DAME'S-VI-O-LET, or DAME-'WORT, n.

A plant of the genus Hesperis; called also queen's gilly-flower, or rocket. It is remarkable for its fragrant odor, and ladies are fond of having it in their apartments.

DA'MI-AN-ISTS, n.

In Church history, a sect who denied any distinction in the Godhead; believing in one single nature, yet calling God, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Encyc.

DAM'MA-RIN, n.

A name applied to a resinous substance obtained from a species of Agathis or Dammara.

DAM'MED, pp.

Confined or shut in by means of a dam.

DAM'MING, ppr.

Confining water by means of a dam.

DAMN, v.t. [L. damno; Fr. damner; Arm. dauna; It. dannare; Sp. dañar; Port. danar. The Portuguese word is rendered to hurt, to damnify, to corrupt or spoil, to undo or ruin, to bend, to crook, to make mad. The latter sense would seem to be from the L. demens, and damnum is by Varro referred to demendo, demo, which is supposed to be a compound of de and emo. But qu., for damno and condemno coincide with the English doom.]

1. To sentence to eternal torments in a future state; to punish in hell. He that believeth not shall be damned. Mark xvi.
2. To condemn; to decide to be wrong or worthy of punishment; to censure; to reprobate. He that doubteth is damned if he eat. Rom. xiv.
3. To condemn; to explode; to decide to be bad, mean, or displeasing by hissing or any mark of disapprobation; as, to damn a play, or a mean author.
4. A word used in profaneness; a term of execration.

DAM'NA-BLE, a.

1. That may be damned or condemned; deserving damnation; worthy of eternal punishment. More generally that which subjects or renders liable to damnation; as, damnable heresies. 2 Pet. ii.
2. In a low or ludicrous sense, odious, detestable, or pernicious. Shak.

DAM'NA-BLE-NESS, n.

The state or quality of deserving damnation.

DAM'NA-BLY, adv.

1. In a manner to incur eternal punishment, or so as to exclude mercy. South.
2. In a low sense, odiously; detestably; sometimes excessively.

DAM-NA'TION, n. [L. damnatio.]

1. Sentence or condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state; or the state of eternal torments. How can ye escape the damnation of hell. Mark xxiii.
2. Condemnation. Taylor.