damp
adjective
°Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist.
"O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear - John Dryden"
°(obsolete) Pertaining to or affected by noxious vapours; dejected, stupified.
"1667, All these and more came flocking; but with looks / Down cast and damp - John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 522-3"
noun
°Moisture; humidity; dampness.
°(archaic) Fog; fogginess; vapor.
verb
°(archaic) To dampen; to render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; as, to damp cloth.
°(archaic) 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.