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Definition of Dampening
1. Noun. The act of making something slightly wet.
Specialized synonyms: Basting
Generic synonyms: Wetting
Derivative terms: Dampen, Moisten, Moisten
Definition of Dampening
1. Verb. (present participle of dampen) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dampening
1. dampen [v] - See also: dampen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampening
Literary usage of Dampening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"Dampening SKINS FOR KNEE STAKING. In dampening skins for knee staking considerable
judgment is needed to determine the amount of moisture necessary in the ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1902)
"automatic dampening apparatus, positive rotary first side, there was not time
for the ink to dry. movements, no tapes, a space lor a type column and it ..."
3. Laundry Work: For Use in Homes and Schools by Juniata L. Shepperd (1909)
"106 Crimping 66 Curtains, Fine Muslin, to make starch for 57 Curtain Stretchers,
illustration lor Dampening and Folding Clothes 60 Dark Colored Articles, ..."
4. Pure Milk and the Public Health: A Manual of Milk and Dairy Inspection by Archibald Robinson Ward, Myer Edward Jaffa (1909)
"The dampening causes the dust to adhere to the hair and largely eliminates an
important ... The value of dampening the udder may be demonstrated by a simple ..."
5. Bulletin by National Society for Vocational Education (1916)
"Collar ironing involves a series of machine processes known as dampening, ironing,
edge dampening and ironing, seam dampening, folding or creasing, ..."
6. The Hearing of Primitive Peoples: An Experimental Study of the Auditory by Frank Gilbert Bruner (1908)
"This formula is based on the law of the dampening or dying-out rate of tuning forks.
The dampening of a tuning fork has been found to follow the law, ..."
7. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"Lithography is possible only because of the fact that oil and water will not mix.
All lithographing presses have cloth- covered rollers for dampening the ..."
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