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dam⋅mar

  [dam-ahr, -er, duh-mahr]
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–noun
1. Also called gum dammar. a copallike resin derived largely from dipterocarpaceous trees of southern Asia, esp. Malaya and Sumatra, and used chiefly for making colorless varnish.
2. any of various similar resins from trees of other families.
Also, damar, dam⋅mer  [dam-er] .

Origin:
1690–1700; < Malay damar
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dam 1   (dām)   
n.  

    1. A barrier constructed across a waterway to control the flow or raise the level of water.

    2. A body of water controlled by such a barrier.

  2. A barrier against the passage of liquid or loose material, as a rubber sheet used in dentistry to isolate one or more teeth from the rest of the mouth.

  3. An obstruction; a hindrance.

tr.v.   dammed, dam·ming, dams

  1. To hold back or confine by means of a dam.

  2. To close up; obstruct: He tried to dam his grief. See Synonyms at hinder1.


[Middle English.]
dam'mer n.
dam·mar or dam·ar also dam·mer   (dām'ər)   
n.  Any of various hard resins obtained from trees of the genera Shorea, Balanocarpus, and Hopea, native to southeast Asia and the Malay Archipelago and used in varnishes and lacquers.

[Malay damar, resin.]
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