Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Dead

Dead (dĕd), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. deád; akin to OS. dōd, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dauðr, Sw. & Dan. död, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See D...

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Dead (2)

Dead (?), adv. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens.Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.

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Dead (3)

Dead (dĕd), n. 1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.2...

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Dead (4)

Dead, v. t. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.Heaven's stern decree,With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me. Chapman.

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Dead (5)

Dead, v. i. To die; to lose life or force.So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway. Bacon.

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Dead (6)

Dead, a. 1. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful effect; — said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and...

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Dead beat

Dead′ beat″ (?). See Beat, n., 7.

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Dead-eye

Dead″–eye′ (dĕd″ī′), n.(Naut.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; — used to extend the s...

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Dead-hearted

Dead″–heart′ed (?), a. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. — Dead″–heart′ed‐ness, n.Bp. Hall.

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Dead-pay

Dead″–pay′ (?), n. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.O you commanders,That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

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Dead-reckoning

Dead″–reck′on‐ing (?), n.(Naut.) See under Dead, a.

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Dead-stroke

Dead″–stroke′ (?), a.(Mech.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.Dead-stroke hammer(Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the ...

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Deadbeat

Dead″beat′ (?), a.(Physics) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; — said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or ...

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Deadborn

Dead″born′ (?), a. Stillborn. Pope.

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Deaden

Dead″en (dĕd″'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deadened (–'nd); p. pr. & vb. n.Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d�dan to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.] 1. To make as dead; to impair in ...

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Deaden (2)

Dead″en, v. t. To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.

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Deadener

Dead″en‐er (dĕd″'n‐ẽr), n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

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Deadhead

Dead″head′ (?), n. 1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

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Deadhouse

Dead″house′ (?), n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

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Deadish

Dead″ish, a. Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

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Deadlatch

Dead″latch′ (?), n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

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Deadlight

Dead″light′ (?), n.(Naut.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

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Deadlihood

Dead″li‐hood (?), n. State of the dead.

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Deadliness

Dead″li‐ness, n. The quality of being deadly.

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Deadlock

Dead″lock′ (?), n. 1. A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.2. A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete...

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Deadly

Dead″ly (?), a. 1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable...

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Deadly (2)

Dead″ly, adv. 1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. “Deadly pale.” Shak.2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek....