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Dampen
- verb -
- check; keep in check (a fire)
- deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)
- smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
Happen
- verb - chance to be or do something, without intention or causation; "I happen to have just what you need!"
- come into being; become reality; "Her dream really materialized"
- come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place without incident"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance; "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
Harpin
- unknown - any of several horizontal members at the ends of a vessel for holding cant frames in position until the shell planking or plating is attached.
Hatpin
- noun - a long sturdy pin used by women to secure a hat to their hair
Jampan
- noun - a kind of sedan chair used in India
Saipan
- noun - the largest island in the Northern Marianas and the administrative center of the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in union with the United States
- US forces captured the island from the Japanese in July 1944; it was an important air base until the end of World War II
Sampan
- noun - an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars
Taipan
- noun - 1. A powerful businessman in China or Southeast Asia.
2. The head of a British trading company in colonial Hong Kong.
- large highly venomous snake of northeastern Australia
Tampan
- - A venomous South African tick.
Tampon
- noun - plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
- plug with a tampon