DPage 26
- English Word Dead Definition The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
- English Word Dead Definition One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
- English Word Dead Definition To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
- English Word Dead Definition To die; to lose life or force.
- English Word Dead beat Definition See Beat, n., 7.
- English Word Dead-eye Definition 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 shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.
- English Word Dead-hearted Definition Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
- English Word Dead-pay Definition Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
- English Word Dead-reckoning Definition See under Dead, a.
- English Word Dead-stroke Definition Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
- English Word Deadbeat Definition Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
- English Word Deadborn Definition Stillborn.
- English Word Deaden Definition To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
- English Word Deaden Definition To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
- English Word Deaden Definition To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
- English Word Deaden Definition To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
- English Word Deadened Definition of Deaden
- English Word Deadener Definition One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
- English Word Deadening Definition of Deaden
- English Word Deadhead Definition One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
- English Word Deadhead Definition A buoy. See under Dead, a.
- English Word Deadhouse Definition A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
- English Word Deadish Definition Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
- English Word Deadlatch Definition 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.
- English Word Deadlight Definition A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
- English Word Deadlihood Definition State of the dead.
- English Word Deadliness Definition The quality of being deadly.
- English Word Deadlock Definition A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
- English Word Deadlock Definition A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
- English Word Deadly Definition Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.