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(n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Damper'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/damper.html. 1828.
 
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