Sentence:  Usury dulls and <WSD>damps</WSD> all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  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.