DAM, dam, _n._ a mother, applied to quadrupeds. [A form of _dame_.]

DAMAGE, dam'[=a]j, _n._ hurt, injury, loss: the value of what is lost:

(_coll._) cost: (_pl._) the pecuniary reparation due for loss or injury

sustained by one person through the fault or negligence of another.--_v.t._

to harm.--_v.i._ to take injury.--_adj._ DAM'AGEABLE. [O. Fr. _damage_ (Fr.

_dommage_)--L. _damnum_, loss.]

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