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Definition of Dampy
1. a. Somewhat damp.
Definition of Dampy
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Somewhat damp - w:Drayton ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dampy
1. damp [adj DAMPIER, DAMPIEST] - See also: damp
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dampy
Literary usage of Dampy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Claims of the So Called Revealed Religion: Being a Lecture Delivered by Govinda Chandra Ghose (1870)
"The man would still fail to know who and what is the voice, far less would ho
believe in and worship Umba and Rumba or conceive his dampy attributes. ..."
2. A Text-book of Coal-mining: For the Use of Colliery Managers and Others by Herbert W. Hughes (1904)
"This lamp detects gas readily, burns well in a good current of air, but badly in
a "dampy" one, does not get hot (probably owing to its large internal ..."
3. The Mining Engineer (1892)
"This lamp does not burn well in " dampy " or slow currents, and great difficulty
is experienced in lighting it, and from the winding path pursued by the ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... powerful in again, New heats, new pulses quicken every vein; From the clear'd,
lifted, life-rekindled eye, Dispers'd. the dark and dampy vapours fly. ..."
5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"and so on. Damp, offensive fumes from hot coals. Used in a similar way in the
words Sire-damp, choke-damp. dampy, adj. damp; moist, &c. ..."
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