Dam

  • 11Dam — (d[a^]m), 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. [1913 Webster] Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a… …

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  • 12Dam — Dam, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa[ u]rdammjan.] 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… …

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  • 13dam — DAM. s. mas. (On prononce Dan.) Dommage. Il n est guère d usage qu en ces façons de parler adverbiales: A son dam. À votre dam. À leur dam. [b]f♛/b] En parlant De la peine des damnés, en tant qu ils sont privés de la vision béatifique, on l… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • 14DAM-57 — Systematic (IUPAC) name (6aR,9R) N,N dimethyl 7 methyl 4,6,6a,7,8,9 Clinical data Pregnancy cat. & …

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  • 15dam — 〈Zeichen für〉 Dekameter * * * dam = Dekameter. * * * Dạm,   1) Henrik Carl Peter, dänischer Biochemiker, * Kopenhagen 21. 2. 1895, ✝ ebenda 17. 4. 1976; war 1928 40 Professor in Kopenhagen, dann in den USA (u. a. am Rockefeller Institut, New… …

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  • 16dam — DAM. s. m. Dommage. A son dam. à vostre dam. On ne se sert de ce mot qu en ces façons de parler. On appelle, La peine du dam, La peine des damnez en tant qu ils sont privez de la vision de Dieu …

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  • 17dam — Ⅰ. dam [1] ► NOUN ▪ a barrier constructed across a river to hold back water, in order to form a reservoir or prevent flooding. ► VERB (dammed, damming) ▪ build a dam across. ORIGIN Low German or Dutch. Ⅱ …

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  • 18Dam — (izg. dàm), Henrik (1895 1976) DEFINICIJA danski biokemičar, za istraživanja o suzbijanju krvarenja i pronalazak vitamina K; Nobelova nagrada za medicinu 1943 (zajedno s E. Doisyjem) …

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  • 19dam-? — *dam ? germ., Substantiv: nhd. Damwild, Reh; ne. fallow deer, doe; Interferenz: Lehnwort lat. damma; Etymologie: s. lat. damma, dāma, Femininum, Gemse, Rehkalb, Tier a …

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  • 20dam — [n] embankment, wall bank, barrage, barrier, dike, ditch, gate, grade, hindrance, levee, milldam, millpond, obstruction, weir; concept 470 dam [v] hold back; block bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, hold in, impede …

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