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Dammarin
a resin found in various species of dammar. D. orientalis furnishes one kind, which, mixed with chalk DAMASCUS bodies, their m magistrate, teacher, carpenter, gardener, cook, and even gravedigger at need. For long he worked on singlehanded at his noble labors, but was ultimately joined by another priest. For 12 years he escaped all contagion of the fatal disease, though in constant contact with the sick and dying; but in 1885 the malady appeared in him; yet he continued unabated his heroic labors till near his death, April 10, 1889.
DAMIETTA (dam-i-et'tä), a town of Lower Egypt, on the right bank of the chief E. mouth of the Nile, about 8 miles from its mouth. It is irregularly but well built, and has some handsome mosques and marble baths, and several bazaars. Its commerce has been much injured by the prosperity of Alexandria, and pulverized bamboo-bark, is used for caulking ships. Another kind, obtained from the D. australis, or cowrie pine of New Zealand, is dissolved in turpentine and used as a colorless varnish. It is also used for mounting purposes instead of Canada balsam. The best form of varnish is to dissolve one ounce of dammar gum in a fluid ounce of turpentine; to dissolve one ounce of mastic in two fluid ounces of chloroform, and mix.
DAMOCLES (dam'ō-klēz), a sycophant at the court of Dionysius of Syracuse in the 4th century B. C. When he was one day extolling the happy condition of princes, the tyrant invited him to a sumptuous entertainment, but caused a naked sword to be suspended over his head by a single hair; a sufficiently sigtyrants may live. nificant symbol of the fear in which (q.v.), and in 1882 became conductor of DÁMODAR, a river of Bengal, which tyrants may live. just above the James and Mary Sands. after a S. E. course, falls into the Hugli, A little below the mouth of its chief the James and Mary Sands.
A little below the mouth of its chief comes navigable. The valleys of these two streams contain the coal-fields which produce about four-fifths of the whole amount of coal mined in British India.
Length about 350 miles. memorable for his friendship with Pythmemorable for his friendship with Pythhaving condemned Damon to death, he obtained leave of absence to go home and tained leave of absence to go home and self to endure the punishment in his stead if he did not return at the apstead if he did not return at the appointed time. Damon was punctual; and this instance of friendship so pleased the king, that he pardoned him, and begged, friendship. friendship.