DAMNINGNESS
Damn"ing*ness, n.
Defn: Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]."
Hammond.
DAMNUM dam"num, n. Etym: [L.] (law)
Defn: Harm; detriment, either to character or property.
DAMOSEL; DAMOSELLA; DAMOISELLE
Dam"o*sel, Dam`o*sel"la, Da`moi`selle", n.
Defn: See Damsel. [Archaic]
DAMOURITE
Dam"our*ite, n. Etym: [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.)
Defn: A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.
DAMP Damp, n. Etym: [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]
1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor. Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.