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dampness|ˈdæmpnɪs| [f. damp a. + -ness.] The condition or quality of being damp; moistness, humidity; moisture.
1665Manley Grotius' Low C. Warres 423 The dampness of the fields. 1687Dryden Hind. & P. iii. 508 Nor need they fear the dampness of the sky..'Twas only water thrown on sails too dry. 1765A. Dickson Treat. Agric. (ed. 2) 55 A careful observer, in a night when there is a great dew, will perceive a dampness upon every surface. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxii, The valet..cursing the rain and the dampness of the coachman who was steaming beside him. |