dammedadj.
/damd/ Furnished with a dam; obstructed or confined by a dam (usually with up).
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1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iv, in R. Howard Four New Plays 163 Like damb'd up Streams.
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 97 This race was intended to bring water from a dammed creek.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 17 May 8/1 In a dammed-up glacial valley.
1904 W. M. Gallichan Fishing & Trav. Spain 115 I made a few casts with the fly over a dammed-up pool.
1946 Nature 12 Oct. 527/1 While, however, we have had a partial moratorium on the creations of fundamental science.., we have undoubtedly a new stock of dammed-up ideas.
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