1. (n.) Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

2. (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

3. (n.) A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc.

4. (superl.) Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

5. (superl.) Dejected; depressed; sunk.

6. (n.) To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

7. (n.) To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage.