dammed

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dammed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dam \Dam\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed (d[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
     n. Damming.]
     1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine
        by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally
        used with in or up.
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              I'll have the current in this place dammed up.
                                                    --Shak.
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              A weight of earth that dams in the water.
                                                    --Mortimer.
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     2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
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              The strait pass was dammed
              With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. --Shak.
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     To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.
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