Part 2734

<h1>Daltonism</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dal"ton*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist <i>Dalton</i>, who had this infirmity.</def>

<i>Nichol.</i>

<h1>Dam</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>dame</ets> mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See <er>Dame</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.</def>

<blockquote>Our <b>sire</b> and <b>dam</b>, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .<b>Dame</b> is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between <b>dame</b> and <b>dam</b>. <i>T. L. K. Oliphant.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>dam</b> runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.</def>

<h1>Dam</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dam</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. <ets>dam</ets>, G. & Sw. <ets>damm</ets>, Icel. <ets>dammr</ets>, and AS. <ets>fordemman</ets> to stop up, Goth. <ets>Fa\'a3rdammjan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Metal.)</fld> <def>A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.</def>

<cs><col>Dam plate</col> <fld>(Blast Furnace)</fld>, <cd>an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dam</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dam</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dammed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Damming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with <i>in</i> or <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>I'll have the current in this place <b>dammed</b> up. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A weight of earth that <b>dams</b> in the water. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.</def>

<blockquote>The strait pass was <b>dammed</b> With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To dam out</col>, <cd>to keep out by means of a dam.</cd></cs>

<h1>Damage</h1> <Xpage=364>

<hw>Dam"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>damage</ets>, <ets>domage</ets>, F. <ets>dommage</ets>, fr. assumed LL. <ets>damnaticum</ets>, from L. <ets>damnum</ets> damage. See <er>Damn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.</def>

<blockquote>He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh <b>damage</b>. <i>Prov. xxvi. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great <b>damage</b> both of their fame and fortune. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<note>&hand; In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of damages.</note>

<cs><col>Consequential damage</col>. <cd>See under <er>Consequential</er>.</cd> -- <col>Exemplary damages</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>damages imposed by way of example to others.</cd> -- <col>Nominal damages</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued.</cd> -- <col>Vindictive damages</col>, <cd>those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See <er>Mischief</er>.</syn>

<h1>Damage</h1> <Xpage=364>