Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Deadness

Dead″ness, n. The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a...

488

Deads

Deads (?), n. pl.(Mining) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

489

Deadwood

Dead″wood′ (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.2. Dead trees or branches; useless material.

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Deadworks

Dead″works′ (?), n. pl.(Naut.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

491

Deaf

Deaf (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. deáf; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. döv, Sw. döf, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as ...

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Deaf (2)

Deaf (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. Dryden.

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Deaf-mute

Deaf″–mute′ (?), n. A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Ill...

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Deaf-mutism

Deaf″–mut′ism (?), n. The condition of being a deaf-mute.

495

Deafen

Deaf″en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Deafened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Deafening.] [From Deaf.] 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving soun...

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Deafening

Deaf″en‐ing, n. The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

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Deafly

Deaf″ly, adv. Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

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Deafly (2)

Deaf″ly, a. Lonely; solitary. Halliwell.

499

Deafness

Deaf″ness (?), n. 1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.2. Unwillingne...

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Deal

Deal (dēl), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. dǣl; akin to OS. dēl, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. √65. Cf. 3d Dole.] 1. A part or portion; a shar...

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Deal (2)

Deal, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dealt (dĕlt); p. pr. & vb. n.Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. dǣlan, fr. dǣl share; akin to OS. dēlian, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, D...

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Deal (3)

Deal, v. i. 1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacture...

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Dealbate

De‐al″bate (?), v. t. [L. dealbatus, p. p. of dealbare. See Daub.] To whiten. Cockeram.

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Dealbation

De′al‐ba″tion (?), n. [L. dealbatio: cf. F. déalbation.] Act of bleaching; a whitening.

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Dealer

Deal″er (?), n. 1. One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods;...

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Dealfish

Deal″fish′ (?), n. [From deal a long, narrow plank.] (Zoöl.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

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Dealing

Deal″ing, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a p...

508

Dealth

Dealth (?), n. Share dealt.

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Deambulate

De‐am″bu‐late (?), v. i. [L. deambulare, deambulatum; de- + ambulare to walk.] To walk abroad. Cockeram.

510

Deambulation

De‐am′bu‐la″tion (?), n. [L. deambulatio.] A walking abroad; a promenading. Sir T. Elyot.

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Deambulatory

De‐am″bu‐la‐to‐ry (?), a. [Cf. LL. deambulator a traveler.] Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory. “Deambulatory actors.” Bp. Morton.

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Deambulatory (2)

De‐am″bu‐la‐to‐ry, n. [L. deambulatorium.] A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.

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Dean

Dean (?), n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over mo...