DPage 38
- English Word Dead Definition Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
- English Word Dead Definition Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
- English Word Dead Definition Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
- English Word Dead Definition Bringing death; deadly.
- English Word Dead Definition Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
- English Word Dead Definition Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
- English Word Dead Definition Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
- English Word Dead Definition Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
- English Word Dead Definition Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
- English Word Dead Definition To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
- 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.