| damage | 1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. "He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage." (Prov. Xxvi. 6) "Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune." (Bacon) 2. The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of damages. Consequential damage. See Consequential. Exemplary damages, those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. Vindictive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer. Synonym: Mischief, injury, harm, hurt, detriment, evil, ill. See Mischief. Origin: OF. Damage, domage, F. Dommage, fr. Assumed LL. Damnaticum, from L. Damnum damage. See Damn. To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. "He . . . Came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship." (Clarendon) Origin: Cf. OF. Damagier, domagier. See Damage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| Damalinia | A genus of biting lice containing a number of species found on domestic and wild animals; they are all highly host-specific, one species being confined to each species of mammal. See: Bovicola, Trichodectes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| daman | <zoology> A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei. Synonym: ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| damascus | A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. Damascus iron, or Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc, of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damasc appearance. Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| damask | 1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus. 2. Having the colour of the damask rose. "But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek." (Shak) Damask colour, a deep rose-colour like that of the damask rose. Damask plum, a small dark-coloured plum, generally called damson. <botany> Damask rose, a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. "Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years." Damask steel, or Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |