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    Dam , n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]
    1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
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      Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam.
      T. L. K. Oliphant.

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      The dam runs lowing up and down,
      Looking the way her harmless young one went.
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    2. A king or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
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    Dam, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Faúrdammjan.]
    1. 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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    2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
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      Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it.
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    Dam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Damming.]
    1. 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.
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      I'll have the current in this place dammed up.
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      A weight of earth that dams in the water.
      Mortimer.

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    2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
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      The strait pass was dammed
      With dead men hurt behind, and cowards.
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      To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
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