*dama*

n. 1. same as adamancy.
Syn. -- obstinacy, obduracy, unyieldingness, adamancy [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. obstinacy.
Syn. -- obstinacy, obduracy, unyieldingness, adamance [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. + dama^, n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame. ] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Opposed the rocky orb
Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lodestone; magnet. [ Obs. ] “A great adamant of acquaintance.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adamantēus. ] Of adamant; hard as adamant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. adamantinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of deer including the Eurasian fallow deer, Dama dama.
Syn. -- genus Dama. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn. ] 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consequential damage. See under Consequential. --
Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below. --
Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. --
vindictive damages or
punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.

Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damaged p. pr. & vb. n. Damaging ] [ Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See Damage, n. ] To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2. ] 1. Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hurtful; pernicious. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of undamaged. [ Narrower terms: battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled, dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed; burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate); burst, ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed; defaced, marred; hurt, weakened; knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; mangled, mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched; storm-beaten ] Also See blemished, broken, damaged, destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [ Narrower terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled, fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured; shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept, violated ] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured, unsound.
Syn. -- broken. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn. -- discredited. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn. -- besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible. ] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.
Syn. -- amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. causing harm or injury; as, damaging to career and reputation.
Syn. -- detrimental, detrimental to(predicate), prejudicial, prejudicious. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions.
Syn. -- negative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of African antelopes including the sassaby, Damaliscus lunatus.
Syn. -- genus Damaliscus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is Hyrax Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Dammar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ The name is supposed to be from Hottentot dama vanquished. ] A native of Damaraland, German Southwest Africa. The Damaras include an important and warlike Bantu tribe, and the Hill Damaras, who are Hottentots and mixed breeds hostile to the Bantus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. Damasko`s. See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson. ] Of or relating to Damascus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of plum, now called damson. See Damson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. “Damascened armor.” Beaconsfield. “Cast and damascened steel.” Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; -- of metallic objects; as, a damascened sword.
Syn. -- damascene. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Syria. Population (2000) = 1, 549, 932. [ PJC ]

Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. --
Damascus iron, or
Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damask appearance. --
Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See Damask steel, under Damask. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. Damasko`s, Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. Damascene, Damassé. ] 1. Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. “A bed of ancient damask.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or “water” of such steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A deep pink or rose color. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the color of the damask rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud,
Feed on her damask cheek. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. --
Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. --
Damask rose (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. “Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years.” Bacon. --
Damask steel, or
Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Damasked p. pr. & vb. n. Damasking. ] To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or “water, ” as metal. See Damaskeen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.

{ } v. t. [ F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v. ] To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or “water” produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen. ] A sword of Damask steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell (1641). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. damassé, fr. damas. See Damask. ] Woven like damask. -- n. A damassé fabric, esp. one of linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. damas. See Damask. ] A kind of modified damask or brocade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Endamaged p. pr. & vb. n. Endamaging ] [ Pref. en- + damage: cf. F. endommager. ] To bring loss or damage to; to harm; to injure. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. endommagement. ] Damage; injury; harm. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Endamage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not damaged. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Rhadamanthus; rigorously just; as, a Rhadamanthine judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]