Definition of Dampir
Damp"er (?), n. That which damps
or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the
flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or
regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in
a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of
mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any
damper at the modest little festivities. W.
Black.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DAMPER. A luncheon, or snap before dinner: so called
from its damping, or allaying, the appetite; eating and
drinking, being, as the proverb wisely observes, apt to take
away the appetite.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- That which damps or checks; as:
(a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.
(b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
(c) Something that kills the mood
Quotations
*Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. - W. Black
- (AU) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt: but without yeast.
1827: The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes. — Peter Cunningham, Two Years in New South Wales, ii.190
- Comparative of damp
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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