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dampish, a.|ˈdæmpɪʃ|
[orig. f. damp n.1 + -ish (cf. boyish): subsequently treated as if f. damp a.]
†1. Of the nature of, or infested with, exhalations or (noxious) vapours; vaporous, foggy, misty. Obs.
1577B. Googe Herebach's Husb. i. (1586) 8 b, All waters commonly with dampishe vapours in Summer..doo infect both man and beast with pestilence. 1596Spenser Hymn Heav. Beaut. 165 The darke And dampish aire. ― F.Q. iv. viii. 34 The drowzie humour of the dampish night. a1649Drummond of Hawthornden Poems Wks. (1711) 13 His caves and dampish bow'rs.
†2. fig.
a. Of stifling or extinguishing nature (cf. damp v. 1).
b. ? Stifled, choked. Obs.
1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 123 Lampes..which with dampish idlenesse are soon put out. 1604T. M. Black Bk. Middleton's Wks. (Bullen) VIII. 33 With a whey-countenance, short stops, and earthen dampish voice, the true counterfeits of a dying cullion.
3. Somewhat damp or moist.
[1577Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 192 b, Set them up in some moist and dampish place.] 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 24 Stone floores are allwayes moist and dampish. 1727Bailey vol. II, Dampish, something damp or moist or wet. 1803Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XXI. 302 Wood placed in dampish situations. 1963Times 23 May 4/4 A dampish pitch and slow outfield at the start.
Hence ˈdampishly adv., ˈdampishness.
1615Markham Eng. Housew. ii. iii. (1668) 109 Let them be dampishly moistened with Damask Rose-water. 1617― Caval. vi. 24 It shall defend him from the colde dampishnes of the earth. 1626Bacon Sylva §937 To put a Lay of Chalke between the Bricks, to take away all Dampishnesse. 1727Bailey vol. II, Dampishness, moistness, wetness. 1906Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. 2/2 The leading lady solemnly wipes the inside of her glass..and breathes into it—breathes, I fancy, rather dampishly. |