| damsel | 1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. 2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden. "With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shum." (Dryden) "Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot." (Tennyson) 3. An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe. Origin: OE. Damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. Damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. Demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. Damoisel young nobleman, F. Damoiseau; fr. LL. Domicella, dominicella, fem, domicellus, dominicellus, masc, dim. Fr. L. Domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| damson | A small oval plum of a blue colour, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; called also damask plum. Origin: OE. Damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| rubber dams | Sheets of latex rubber punched and placed over the teeth during dental procedures to isolate the field of operation from the rest of the oral cavity. Rubber dams are useful in preventing the swallowing of instruments or restorations during dental work. (12 Dec 1998) |
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