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damming |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dam \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 I'll have the current in this place dammed up --Shak. A weight of earth that dams in the water. --Mortimer. 2. To shut up to stop up to close to restrain. The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak. {To dam out}, to keep out by means of a dam.
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