Word: dampness
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Dates: during 1881-1881
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...Damp with the dews of sleep, a smooth white hand...
...appearance. Neither can it boast utility, for the toil-worn student cannot cast himself beneath its grateful shade; inasmuch as its shade is not grateful, but rather to such a degree baneful, that, oppressed by the perennial gloom the grass grows but sparsely beneath its branches, and the damp, bare ground seems doomed to a lasting blight. Standing with its humble stature among the high-topped, overarching elms that surround it, this poor beech looks doubly stunted and deformed. To the occupants of Grays it is a constant eye-sore, as it seriously obstructs their view. To those rooming...
Darkness was before my eyes and a damp like the sweat of death was gathered on my forehead, as I sank unconscious to the floor...
...wailing winds and damp...
...drizzling March rain on their ulsters hung damp...