DAMP  , a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, meaning vapour or mist (cf . Ger . Dampf, See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam), and hence moisture . In its See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive sense the word persists in the vocabulary of See also:

• COAL

coal-miners . Their " firedamp " (formerly fulminating damp) is See also:

• MARSH (O. F. mersc, for merisc, a place full of "meres" or pools; cf. Ger. Meer, sea, Lat. mare)
• MARSH, ADAM (ADAM DE MARISCO) (d. c. 1258)
• MARSH, GEORGE PERKINS (1801-1882)
• MARSH, HERBERT (1757–1839)
• MARSH, NARCISSUS (1638-1713)
• MARSH, OTHNIEL CHARLES (1831-1899)

marsh See also:

• GAS

gas, which, when mixed with See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air and exploded, produced " choke damp," "after damp," or " suffocating damp " (See also:

• CARBON (symbol C, atomic weight 12)

carbon dioxide) . " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black damp " consists of accumulations of irrespirable gases, mostly See also:

• NITROGEN [symbol N., atomic weight 14.01, 0=16]

nitrogen, which cause the See also:

• LIGHTS, CEREMONIAL USE OF

lights to See also:

• BURN, RICHARD (1709-1785)

burn dimly, and the See also:

• TERM

term " See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white damp " is sometimes applied to carbon monoxide . As a verb, the word means to stifle or check ; hence damped vibrations or oscillations are those which have been reduced or stopped, instead of being allowed to See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die out naturally; the " dampers " of the piano are small pieces of See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt-covered See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood which fall upon the strings and stop their vibrations as the keys are allowed to rise; and the " damper " of a See also:

• CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney or flue, by restricting the See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught, lessens the See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• COMBUSTION (from the Lat. comburere, to burn up)

combustion .