Damper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Damper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Damper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
damper n a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations Synonym(s): damper, muffler a depressing restraint; "rain put a damper on our picnic plans"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damp \Damp\, a. [Compar. {Damper}; superl. {Dampest}.] 1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. --Dryden. 2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.] All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Damper \Damp"er\, n. That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time. Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. --W. Black.