• D.A.L.
n. c1920 postmen’s usage – a humorous notation put on letters that cannot be delivered (Dog At Large)
• DA LAND
n. 1990s African-American & drug culture sl. – getting intoxicated on a drug while sitting in a car with the windows rolled up, thus intensifying the effects of the ambient smoke
• DALCOP
n. 1858 Eng. dial. – an idiot
• DALDOES
n. 1841 Sc. – useless ornaments, such as embroidered chair-backs, tassels, etc.; also, rubbish
• DALDOO
n. 1866 Sc. – a great noise
• DALE
adj. 1858 Eng. dial. obs. – furious, mad
n. 1. a800 obs. – a hole in the ground; a hollow, a pit, a gulf
n. 2. 1873 Sc. – the base or ‘home’ in hide-and-seek
n. 3. 1873 Sc. – a goal
• DALE A ONE
n. 20C Irish usage – no one
• DALE-BACKED
adj. 1676 – of a horse, etc.: hollow in the back
• DALK
n. 1. c1000 obs. – a pin., brooch, clasp, buckle
n. 2. c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – a hole, hollow, depression
• DALL
int. 1853 Eng. dial. – damn!; an exclamation; a petty oath
n. 1. 1818 Sc. – a child’s toy; a pretty, silly woman
n. 2. 1825 Sc. obs. – a sloven
• DALLACH
n. 1900 Sc. – a blow, a box on the ear
• DALLACK
n. 1807 Eng. dial. – an unsightly mess or portion; a dropping of something
vb. 1. 1874 Eng. dial. – to dress smartly and gaudily
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to dally, to fritter away time
vb. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to wear clothes roughly or disorderly; to wear out; to drag or trail carelessly
• DALLACKER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a day labourer
• DALLACKING
adj. 1. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – dressing smartly and gaudily
adj. 2. 2000 Ireland sl. – fooling, play acting
• DALLACKS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a dirty, slovenly person; a smart, overdressed person
• DALLAPOOKEEN
n. 1952 Ireland – the game of blindman’s buff
• DALLAS SPECIAL
n. 1949 Amer. dial. – a pocketknife with a blade longer than the legal limit
• DALLDRUMS
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – foolish fancies
• DALLE
n. c1460 obs. rare – the hand
• DALLERS
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a fit of melancholy
• DALLIANCE
n. 1. c1340 obs. – talk, confabulation, converse, chat, usually of a light or familiar kind, but also used of serious conversation or discussion
n. 2. 1547-64 obs. – waste of time in trifling, idle delay
• DALLIE
n. 1940 NZ sl. – a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general
• DALLING
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – of the weather: changing, varying
• DALLION
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – a person whose clothes are too large for his body; also, one who has a foolish gait in walking
• DALLISH
adj. 1825 Sc. – slovenly
• DALLY
adj. 2002 UK sl. – good, kind, nice, sweet
int. 1892 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
n. 1. 1822 Sc. – a child’s toy; a pretty, silly woman
n. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a delay
n. 3. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a teetotum (spinning top)
n. 4. 1914 Sc. – an interval in bad weather
n. 5. 1940 NZ sl. – a Dalmatian, esp. an immigrant to New Zealand from that area or the Balkans in general
n. 6. 1950 NZ sl. – a New Zealander whose heritage is Croatian (Dalmatian)
vb. 1. c1300 obs. – to talk or converse lightly or idly; to chat
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to pet, to indulge, to spoil
vb. 3. 1970s African-American sl. – to leave, to go
vb. 4. 1987 Can. sl. – in western Canadian rodeos: to loop the lariat around the saddle horn
• DALLY-BONES
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – the knees
• DALLY-BUTTONS!
int. 1895 Eng. dial. – a joyful exclamation
• DALLY-CAR
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a deep ditch
• DALLY-CRAW
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a loitering child
• DALLY-LAW
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a spoiled child, a darling
• DALLY OFF
vb. 1574 obs. – to put off or defer by trifling
• DALLY OUT
vb. 1548 obs. – to trifle with, to elude
• DALLY PLONK
n. 1950s NZ sl. – cheap wine manufactured by Dalmatian (i.e. Balkan) settlers
• DALMATIAN PUDDING
n. 20C Royal Navy sl. – the boiled currant-pudding known as ‘spotted-dog’
• DALT
n. 1. 1775 Sc. & Ireland – a foster-child
n. 2. 1828 Sc. & Ireland – a spoiled child
• DALTHEEN
n. 20C Ireland – an impudent fellow
• DALY
adj. 1781 Eng. dial. obs. – lonely, solitary
n. c1440 obs. – a die, or a knuckle-bone used as a die; also, a cubical piece of anything; a cube
• DAM
adj. 1. M18 – a strong expression of reprehension or dislike
adj. 2. L19 – a general intensifier, complete, utter
n. 1. a1547 – mother; usually used in contempt
n. 2. 1580 obs. – each of the pieces in the game of draughts or checkers
n. 3. 1786 Sc. – the quantity of urine discharged at once; generally applied to children
n. 4. 1790 Sc. – a young unmarried woman, a girl; a damsel
n. 5. 1796 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a woman, esp. an old woman
n. 6. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a term applied to women of the lowest rank
n. 7. 2001 US sl. – a menstrual cup (a device worn internally, used instead of tampons)
vb. 1577 obs. rare – of animals: to give birth to young
• THE DAM
n. 1996 UK sl. – Amsterdam
• DAMA BLANCA
n. 1976 US sl. – cocaine
• DAMACK
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a girl, a young woman
• DAMACKIE
n. Bk1900 Sc. – a girl, a young woman
• DAMAGE
n. 1. c1385 obs. – a matter for regret, a misfortune
n. 2. 1398 obs. – a disadvantage, inconvenience, trouble
n. 3. 1755 sl. – cost, expense
n. 4. 1988 US sl. – a problem
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to intoxicate; to make dead drunk
• THE DAMAGE
n. 1755 sl. – cost; price
• DAMAGEABLE
adj. 1. 1474 obs. – causing loss or injury; hurtful, injurious
adj. 2. 1755 – liable to be damaged
• DAMAGEABLY
adv. 1660 obs. – injuriously
• DAMAGED
adj. 1. 1851 Amer. sl. – drunk; tipsy; occasionally hungover
adj. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – bewitched
• DAMAGED GOODS
n. 1. 1916 US sl. – a person, esp. a woman, who is no longer a virgin
n. 2. 1990s sl. – an emotionally or mentally unstable person
• DAMAGEFUL
adj. c1449 obs. – injurious, hurtful
• DAMAGEMENT
n. 1603 rare – act of damaging, or the fact of being damaged
• DAMAGEOUS
adj. c1386 obs. – fraught with damage, hurtful, injurious; causing loss or disadvantage
• DAMAGER
n. 1. c1815 boxing colloq. – a damaging punch
n. 2. c1880 sl., orig. theatrical usage – a manager
• DAMASK
vb. L17 sl. – to warm wine
• DAMASON
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a severe scolding, rebuke
• DAMBER
n. 1. M17 criminals’ sl. – a man belonging to a criminal gang
n. 2. M17 sl. – a rogue, a rascal
• DAMBER-BUSH
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female pubic hair
• DAMBLACK
adj. 1930s African-American sl. – extremely dark-skinned
• DAM-BOARD
n. 1779 Sc. – a draught-board
• DAM-BROD
n. 1779 Sc. – the board used in the game of draughts; draughts
• THE DAMBROD
n. 1826 Sc. – the game of draughts
• DAM-BUSTER
n. 1962 Amer. dial. – a sudden heavy rain
• DAME
n. 1. a1225 obs. – a female ruler, superior, or head; the superior of a nunnery, an abbess
n. 2. a1225 – a form of address originally used to a lady of rank, or a woman of position; gradually extended to women of lower rank
n. 3. a1225 obs. – a mother
n. 4. c1330 now arch. or Eng. dial. – the ‘lady’ of the house; the mistress of a household, a housewife; also humorously applied to an aged housewife
n. 5. 1530 now hist, or poetic usage – the wife or daughter of a lord; a woman of rank, a lady
n. 6. 1574 arch. or Eng. dial. – a woman in rank next below a lady; the wife of a knight, squire, citizen, yeoman
n. 7. 1574 obs. – the queen at chess
n. 8. a1649 now nearly obs. – the mistress of a private elementary school for children, usually an old woman or widow
n. 9. 1698 – a woman; a girl; often used disparagingly; now suggesting a tough or old-fashioned viewpoint
n. 10. c1737 – at Eton: a matron who keeps a boarding-house for boys at the school; also a man who does the same
n. 11. 1996 US sl. – in a deck of playing cards: a queen
• DAME COMPLEX
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – fondness for girls
• DAME JUDI (DENCH)
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. (Dame Judi Dench) – a stench
• DAME OF HONOR
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a maid or matron of honour
• DAME RUMOUR
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – rumour
• DAME-SCHOOL
n. 1852 – an infant school kept by an old woman; an elementary school for children kept by a dame
• DAMESHIP
n. 1837 nonce word – the office or position of a dame
• DAME’S THIMBLE
n. 1847 Eng. dial. – a rap on the head with a thimbled finger
• DAME WITH AN ANCHOR
n. World War II Amer. sl. – a married woman
• DAMFI!
int. L19 sl., orig. US – damned if I know!
• DAMFINO!
int. 1882 US sl. – damned if I know!
• DAMFOOL
adj. c1895 colloq. – damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating
n. c1880 colloq. – a damned fool
vb. World War I army sl. – to deceive
• DAMFUL
vb. World War I army sl. – to deceive
• DAMIE
n. 1789 Sc. – a young unmarried woman; a girl
• DAMIFIED
adj. 1924 Amer. dial. – damaged
• DAMISH
n. 1820 Sc. – damage, injury
vb. 1939 Sc. – to damage
• DAMISHELL
n. a1743 Sc. – a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition; a damsel
• DAMISHT
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – stupid, silly
• DAMISH YOUR SKINS
int. 1894 Sc. – an expletive
• DAMMARET
n. 1635 obs. – a lady’s man; ‘one that spends his whole time in the entertaining or courting of women’
• DAMME
int. c1645 – a profane imprecation; shortened form of ‘dame me!’
n. 1618 obs. – a person addicted to saying ‘Damme’; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug
• DAMME-BOY
n. 1618 obs. – a person addicted to saying ‘Damme’; a profane swearer; a blustering, profane, aggressive thug
• DAMMED
adj. 1. L16 – a strong expression of reprehension or dislike
adj. 2. M19 – a general intensifier; complete, utter
• DAMMELLED
adj. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – damned
• DAMMER
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a term prefixed by lads to the surname of a companion, as ‘dammer Smith’; also used as a form of address
vb. 1. 1610 obs. rare – to make dim or dark
vb. 2. 1897 Sc. – to astonish, to astound, to confuse
• DAMMERTIT
adj. Bk1900 Sc. – stupid
• DAMMING AND LADING
phr. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – incurring one debt to pay another
• DAMMISH
vb. 1. a1598 Sc. obs. – to stun, to stupefy
vb. 2. 1894 Sc. – to injure, to damage
vb. 3. 19C Sc. – to bruise the surface of by a knock, as with an apple, etc.
• DAMMISHED
adj. 1721 Sc. – stunned, bewildered; inept, inert, inactive, stupefied
• DAMMISH IT!
int. Bk1900 Sc. – an expletive
• DAMMISHMENT
n. 1827 Sc. – damage, injury
• DAMMISH YOU!
int. Bk1900 Sc. – an expletive
• DAMMIT
adj. 1825 Sc. obs. – stunned
int. L17 sl. – a mild exclamation
• DAMMIT TO HELL!
int. M19 – a mild exclamation
• DAMMIT TO HELL AND BACK!
int. M19 – a mild exclamation
• DAMMY
int. 17C euphemism – damn!
n. c1610 sl. – a profane swearer
• DAMMY-BOY
n. c1610 sl. – a profane swearer; a roaring, blustering fellow
• DAMN
adj. 1. 1770s – cursed, wretched
adj. 2. 1865 – a general intensifier, complete, utter
adv. M19 – a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely
int. 1589 – a profane imprecation; an exclamation of disappointment, irritation, annoyance, frustration, etc.
n. 1. 1760 UK sl. – something of little or no worth
n. 2. L18 sl. – a miniscule or virtually non-existent amount
vb. 1. 1770s – to execrate; to condemn; to curse
vb. 2. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to hurt, to disable
vb. 3. 20C colloq. – to condemn a person or thing as without value; to judge someone or something as worthless
• DAMNABLE
adj. 1. c1380 obs. – worthy of condemnation; to be reprobated; highly reprehensible; objectionable
adj. 2. c1420 obs. rare – causing loss or harm; hurtful, pernicious
adj. 3. c1460 obs. rare – liable to judicial condemnation
adj. 4. 19C sl. – a general abusive epithet, a term of dismissal and dislike
• DAMNABLY
adv. 19C colloq. – very. exceedingly
• DAMNAGE
n. 1707 Sc. obs. – damage
• DAMN A HORSE IF I DO!
int. c1820 colloq. – a strong refusal or rejection
• DAMN A HORSE’S HIND LEG!
int. c1810 sl. – an oath
• DAMN ALL
adj. 1910s sl. – none, no
int. 1910s sl. – nothing!
n. 1914 US sl. – emphatically nothing; anything
• DAMN AND BASTARDRY!
int. 2000 UK sl. – a mild oath
• DAMN AND BLAST
adj. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. – last
int. 1943 UK sl. – used to express anger or frustration
n. 1992 UK rhyming sl. – the last position in a race
• DAMN-ASS-ALL
n. 1959 US sl. – nothing
• DAMNATION
adj. c1750 colloq. – damned; excessive
int. 1604 – an exclamation of emphatic objurgation
n. 1. a1300 obs. – the act of condemning, or fact of being condemned, as by judicial sentence, etc.; condemnation
n. 2. 17C – hell
• DAMNATION ALLEY
n. 1979 US sl. – in roulette: the twelve-number column on the left of the layout
• DAMNATION BOW-WOW(S)!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – damn! Hell
n. M19 euphemism – hell
• DAMNATION TAKE IT!
int. 19C sl. – a general curse
• DAMN-BUT!
int. 1939 Ireland – expressing affirmation
• DAMN-DAMN
n. 1982 US military usage – in Vietnam: bombardment, gunfire
• DAMNED
adj. 1596 UK – an intensifier, generally to negative effect; a strong expression of reprehension or dislike
adv. L16 – a general intensifier, very, very much, exactly, completely
• DAMNED GOOD SWINE UP
n. L19 sl. – a loud quarrel; a fierce argument, possibly leading to blows
• DAMNED IF YOU DO AND DAMNED IF YOU DON’T
phr. 1970s Amer. sl. – condemned, whatever decision one makes
• DAMNED SOUL
n. 1780s sl. – a customs house who ‘guards against the crime of perjury, by taking a previous oath, never to swear truly on these occasions’
• DAMNED TOOTING!
int. 1963 US sl. – used to express emphatic agreement
• DAMNED YANKEE
n. 1833 Amer. dial. – a native of the northern US
• DAMNEMENT
n. 1480 obs. rare – damnation
• DAMN-FOOL
adj. 19C colloq. – damnably foolish; silly; stupid and irritating
n. 19C colloq. – a damned fool
• DAMNFOOLISH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – foolish; silly; witless
• DAMN GOOD
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate
• DAMNIFIABLE
adj. 1604 obs. rare – injurious, hurtful, detrimental
• DAMNIFIC
adj. 1727 obs. – causing damage or loss; injurious
• DAMNIFY
vb. 1. 1512 rare – to cause, injury, loss, or inconvenience to; to injure, to damage, to hurt; to inflict injury upon; to wrong (very common in the 17th century)
vb. 2. a1562 obs. – to injure physically or bodily
vb. 3. 1612 obs. – to cause the loss of, to bring to destruction or ruin
vb. 4. 1712 obs. – to become damaged; to spoil
• DAMNING
adj. 1667 – addicted to profane swearing
n. 1. 1486 obs. – a ‘company’ of jurors
n. 2. 1679 – profane swearing
• DAMN IT!
int. 1589 UK – an exclamation of disappointment, annoyance, irritation, frustration, etc.
• DAMN IT ALL!
int. L17 sl. – a mild exclamation
• DAMN-IT-SKIN!
int. 1951 Ireland – a mild oath
• DAMNLY
adv. 1968 Amer. dial. – completely, quite
• DAMN ME FOR A HORSE IF I DO!
int. E19 sl. – an exclamation implying one’s absolute refusal to do something
• DAMN-MY-EYES
adj. 1849 US nautical sl. – flashy; ostentatious
int. M18 sl. – (as ‘damn my eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc.
• DAMNOSE
adj. 1727 obs. – hurtful
• DAMNOSITY
n. 1727 obs. – hurtfulness
• DAMN RIGHT
adj. 1940s sl. – certain; sure
adv. 1940s sl. – certainly
• DAMN SAM!
int. 1950s African-American usage – an exclamation of surprise or annoyance
• DAMN SKIPPING!
int. 1970s, orig. African-American usage – an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly!
• DAMN SKIPPY
adj. 1940s sl. – certain; sure
adv. 1940s sl. – certainly
int. 1994 US sl. – absolutely! without a doubt!
• DAMN STRAIGHT
adj. 1940s sl. – certain; sure
adv. 1940s sl. – certainly
int. 1970s sl., orig. African-American – an exclamation of enthusiastic affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly!
• DAMN TOOTIN’
adj. 1940s sl. – certain; sure
adv. 1910s US sl. – certainly; absolutely; completely accurate; not doubt at all
int. 1910s US sl.- an exclamation of affirmation; absolutely! undoubtedly!
• DAMN WELL
adv. L19 – certainly, assuredly, definitely, very much
• DAMN YANKEE
n. 1833 Amer. dial. – a southern term expressing rancour toward the politicians and soldiers of the Union; a native of the northern US
• DAMN YANKEE COTTON
n. 2008 Amer. dial. – snow
• DAMN YOU!
int. 19C – a curse; go to hell!
• DAMN YOUR BUTTONS!
int. 1834 sl. – an expletive
• DAMN-YOUR-EYES
adj. M19 sl. – provocative
int. M18 sl. – (as ‘damn your eyes!) an exclamation of irritation, impatience, annoyance, etc.
• THE DAM OF THAT WAS A WHISKER
phr. c1675 Eng. dial. & colloq. – applied to a great lie
• DAMOISEAU
n. c1477 obs. or arch. – a young man of gentle birth, not yet made a knight
• DAMON (HILL)
n. 1998 UK rhyming sl. (Damon Hill) – a pill, esp. an amphetamine
• DAMORST!
int. 1835 Sc. – an oath, damn you!
• DAMOURET
n. a1649 obs. – a ladies’ man; one who spends his time in the entertaining or courting of women
• DAMP
adj. 1. 1590 obs. or arch. – showing stupefaction or depression of spirits; dazed, stupefied
adj. 2. 1813 US sl. – tipsy; mildly drunk
adj. 3. L19 sl. – foolish, stupid; crazy
adj. 4. 1991 US sl. – allowing the importation of alcohol for personal consumption but not for public sale
adj. 5. 20C Brit. sl. – of a woman: sexually aroused
adj. 6. 20C Brit. sl. – weak, ineffectual
n. 1. 1542 obs. – a dazed or stupefied condition; loss of consciousness or vitality, stupor
n. 2. 1587 – a check, discouragement
n. 3. 1601 obs. – visible vapour; fog, mist
n. 4. 1606 – a state of dejection; depression of spirits
n. 5. 1714 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a disappointment; a rebuff
n. 6. 1837 sl. – a drink; a ‘wetting’
n. 7. Bk1900 Sc. – the end of a line or rope
n. 8. 1911 Sc. – fine rain
n. 9. c1950 jocular usage – an umbrella
n. 10. 1950s sl. – the vagina; hence, a woman in sexual terms
n. 11. 1970s US sl. – sexual intercourse with a woman
n. 12. 20C Brit. sl. – a feeble or inept person
vb. 1. 1548 – to deaden or restrain the ardour or energy of; to depress, to deject, to discourage, to check
vb. 2. 1570 obs. – to stifle the faculties with noxious ‘fumes’; to stupefy, to benumb, to daze
vb. 3. 1629 obs. – to envelop in a fog or mist
vb. 4. 1728 Sc. obs. – to condemn
vb. 5. 1853 Eng. dial. – to wet, to moisten slightly
vb. 6. 1862 sl. – to take a drink
vb. 7. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to drizzle, to rain slightly
vb. 8. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – to put out a fire, etc.
vb. 9. 1900s US criminals’ sl. – to steal, by secreting a small object, a diamond, in the mouth
• DAMP AS A SCOTCH MIST
adj. 1844 Amer. dial. – very damp
• DAMP BAZAAR
n. M19 rhyming sl. – a bar
• DAMP BLANKET
n. 1981 US sl. – in the theatre: a bad review
• DAMP BOURBON POULTICE
n. L19 US sl. – a shot of bourbon
• DAMPEN THE DUST
vb. M19 US sl. – to take a drink
• DAMPER
n. 1. 1748 sl. – a person or thing that depresses, takes the edge off joy, chills one’s enthusiasm, etc.; a spoilsport; a wet-blanket
n. 2. 1804 – something that takes off the edge of appetite; a snack between meals
n. 3. c1820 sl. – ale or stout taken after spirits (and water)
n. 4. 1825 Aust. – a simple, unleavened, savoury bread traditionally cooked in the ashes of a campfire
n. 5. 1848 US criminals’ sl. – a cash drawer; a till; in more recent use: a cash register
n. 6. c1860 tailors’ sl. – a sweating employer
n. 7. 1872 US criminals’ sl. – a safe or safe-deposit box
n. 8. 1886 UK society sl. – a lunch bill, or more generally, a dinner bill; the bill in a restaurant
n. 9. 19C sl. – a rebuff
n. 10. 1932 criminals’ sl. – a bank or money depository; a treasury
n. 11. 1950s Amer. prison sl. – solitary confinement, punishment cells
n. 12. 1990s UK tramps’ sl. – a bed-wetter
vb. 1. 1970s African-American sl. – to stop; to bring to an end
vb. 2. 1979 US sl. – to mute, to quiet
• DAMPER-GETTER
n. 1904 US criminals’ sl. – a robber of tills; a thief of money drawers
• DAMPER IT
phr. 1970 Amer. dial. – an expression to tell someone to be patient
• DAMPER PAD
n. 1930s US criminals’ sl. – a bank book
• DAMPER’S DOWN
phr. 1968 Amer. dial. – used as a warning to a man that his trouser-fly is open
• DAMPER-SNEAK
n. 1872 US criminals’ sl. – a thief of safes
• DAMPER YOU!
int. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – an imprecation
• DAMPHOOL
adj. 19C colloq. – damnably foolish
n. 19C colloq. – a damned fool
• DAMPHOOLE
n. c1880 colloq. – a damned fool
• DAMPHOOLISH
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – foolish; silly; witless
• DAMPHULE
n. c1880 colloq. – a damned fool
• DAMPINESS
n. 1830 rare – the state of being ‘dampy’ or somewhat damp
• DAMPING
adj. 1. 1846 Eng. dial. – wet, moist, damp
adj. 2. 1897 Eng. dial. – showery, drizzling
• DAMPISH
adj. 1577 obs. – vaporous, foggy, misty
• DAMP ONE’S MUG
vb. c1835 sl. – to drink
• DAMP POT
n. 1. c1855 tailors’ sl. – the sea, esp. the Atlantic
n. 2. L19 tailors’ colloq. – a water-pot
• DAMP RAG
n. 1940s Amer. sl. – a disappointment; a blighted hop
• DAMPS
n. 1992 US drug culture sl. – barbiturates; central nervous system depressants
• DAMP SQUIB
n. 1. 1845 Amer. sl. – something that fails to come to a conclusion; a fiasco; a failure; a dud
n. 2. 20C Aust. sl. – a racehorse or greyhound that starts well but runs out of steam
• DAMP THE SAWDUST
vb. c1860 sl. – to drink with friends at the opening of a new tavern
• DAMPY
adj. 1. 1600 obs. – full of vapour or mist; foggy
adj. 2. a1691 – affected with moisture; somewhat damp
• DAMS
n. 1580 obs. – the game of draughts or checkers
• DAMSDIL
n. Bk1900 Eng. dial. – a young woman; a damsel
• DAMSEL
n. 1. c1314 obs. – a maid in waiting; a female attendant; orig. a young lady of gentle birth, as maid of honour or waiting-woman to a lady of rank
n. 2 . 1727-51 – a hot iron for warming a bed
n. 3. 1815 – the slender dragonfly, Agrion Virgo
n. 4. 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a young unmarried woman; a term of reproach for a woman of bad character or disposition
n. 5. 20C US drug culture sl. – morphine
n. 6. E20 sl. – a girl, any girl, as employed in society and in the universities
• DAMSIL IT!
int. 1861 Eng. dial. – an oath
• DAMSON-PIE
n. c1865 colloq. – abuse; a slanging match; obscene language
• DAMSONS
n. 16C sl. obs. – the testicles
• DAMSON TART
n. 1887 Eng. dial. – a humorous term for profane language
• DAMWIT
n. 1940s US sl. – a fool
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