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Dam
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(1) (A common Teutonic word, cf. Swed. and Ger. damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up), a barrier of earth or masonry erected to restrain, divert or contain a body of water, particularly in order to form a reservoir. (2) (Fr. dame, dame; Lat. domina, feminine of dominus, lord, master), the mother of an animal, now chiefly used of the larger quadrupeds, and particularly of a mare, the mother of a foal.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dam'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dam.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Dam'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/d/dam.html. 1910.
