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| Dead |
Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. |
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| Dead |
Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. |
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| Dead |
Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. |
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| Dead |
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. |
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| Dead |
So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. |
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| Stone-dead |
As dead as a stone. |
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| Dead beat |
See Beat, n., 7. |
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| Dead-eye |
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. |
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| Dead-hearted |
Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. |
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| Dead-pay |
Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. |
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| Dead-reckoning |
See under Dead, a. |
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| Dead-stroke |
Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. |
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