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Coloq. Anniversary day . See , n. -- Coloq. Astronomical day , a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. -- Coloq. Born days . See under . -- Coloq. Canicular days . See . -- Coloq. Civil day , the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. -- Coloq. Day blindness . (Med.) See . -- Coloq. Day by day , or Coloq. Day after day , daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under . “Day by day we magnify thee.” Book of Common Prayer. -- Coloq. Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. Burrill. -- Coloq. Day in court , a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. -- Coloq. Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. Shipley. -- Coloq. Days of grace . See . -- Coloq. Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. Shipley. -- Coloq. Day owl , (Zoöl.), an owl that flies by day. See . -- Coloq. Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. -- Coloq. Day school , one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. -- Coloq. Day sight . (Med.) See . -- Coloq. Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. -- Coloq. From day to day , as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. -- Coloq. Jewish day , the time between sunset and sunset. -- Coloq. Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. -- Coloq. One day , Coloq. One of these days , at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. “Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.” Shak. -- Coloq. Only from day to day , without certainty of continuance; temporarily. Bacon. -- Coloq. Sidereal day , the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. -- Coloq. To win the day , to gain the victory, to be successful. S. Butler. -- Coloq. Week day , any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. -- Coloq. Working day . (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.
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Dayaks (dīăks), n. pl. (Ethnol.) See .
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day-and-night adj. same as .
Syn. -- around-the-clock, nonstop, round-the-clock.
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daybed n. 1. an armless couch; a seat by day and a bed by night.
Syn. -- divan bed.
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2. a long chair; for reclining.
Syn. -- chaise longue, chaise.
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day boarder n. a schoolchild at a boarding school who has meals at school but sleeps at home.
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Daybook (dāb�k), n. A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.
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dayboy n. a day boarder who is a boy.
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Daybreak (dābrāk), n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.
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Day-coal (dākōl), n. (Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.
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Daydream (-drēm), n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
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Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.
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Daydreamer (?), n. One given to daydreams.
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Dayflower (-flouẽr), n. (Bot.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.
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Dayfly (dāflī), n. (Zoöl.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under .
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Day-labor (?), n. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.
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Day-laborer (?), n. One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.
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Daylight (-līt), n. 1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.
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2. pl. The eyes. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

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day lily, daylily (lĭl�). (Bot.) (a) any plant of a genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers, which often bloom for only one day. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.
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Daymaid (-mād), n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]
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Daymare (dāmâr), n. [Day + mare incubus.] (Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.
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Day-net (-nĕt), n. A net for catching small birds.
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Day-peep (-pēp), n. The dawn. [Poetic] Milton.
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Daysman (dāzmăn), n. [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
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Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.
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dayspring (dāsprĭng), n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton.
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The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.
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day-star (dāstär), n. 1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day; -- usually the planet Venus, when seen before and just after sunrise.
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A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19.
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2. The sun, as the orb of day. [Poetic]
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So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed,
And yet anon repairs his drooping head,
And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore
Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.
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daytime (dātīm), n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night; same as , 1; as, during the daytime.
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day-to-day adj. occurring every day.
Syn. -- daily, day-after-day.
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daywoman (dāw�m�n), n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]
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Daze (dāz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed (dāzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dwǣs, dysig, stupid. √71. Cf. , .] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
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While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser.
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Such souls,
Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor.
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He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.
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Daze, n. 1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]
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2. (Mining) A glittering stone.
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dazed adj. 1. stupefied; conscious but unable to think clearly; -- usually caused by a blow or other shock.
Syn. -- foggy, groggy, logy, stuporous.
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2. stunned from or as if from repeated blows.
Syn. -- punch-drunk, silly, slaphappy.
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Dazzle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling (?).] [Freq. of daze.] 1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
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Those heavenly shapes
Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze
Insufferably bright. Milton.
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An unreflected light did never yet
Dazzle the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.
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2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. “Dazzled and drove back his enemies.” Shak.
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Dazzle, v. i. 1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
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Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.
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2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
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An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. Bacon.
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I dare not trust these eyes;
They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.
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Dazzle, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.
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Dazzlement (?), n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.
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Dazzlingly (?), adv. In a dazzling manner.
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DBMS n. [acronym from DataBase Management System.] a database management system, a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database.
Syn. -- database management system.
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D-day n. 1. (Mil.) the day designated for the beginning of a planned attack by a military force; in communications the day is often otherwise unspecified for security reasons; as, the day before D-day the troops will move into position.
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2. 6 June 1944, the day of the landing in France, by troops allied against the Germans in World War II.
Syn. -- 6 June 1944.
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3. the day for commencement or execution of any elaborate planned activity; -- often used jocosely. [informal]
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De- (?). A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. . It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.
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de-access v. t. to sell or otherwise give up ownership; -- used mostly of artworks in museums.
Syn. -- sell off.
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deaccession, de-accession v. t. [de- + accession. Ca. 1970.] to sell (artwork); -- used of sales of art by museums. The word appears to have been coined as a euphemism to avoid the negative connotations of the word “sell”, particularly for works donated by benefactors. The practise is justified as a means of acquiring funds for purchase of more valuable artworks.
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Deacon (dēk'n), n. [OE. diakne, deakne, deken, AS. diacon, deacon, L. diaconus, fr. Gr. diakonos a servant or minister, a minister of the church; of uncertain origin. In sense 2 prob. confused with dean.] 1. (Eccl.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.
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2. The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.]
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Deacon (dēk'n), v. t. 1. To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. [Colloq. New. Eng.] See , v. t.
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☞ The expression is derived from a former custom in the Congregational churches of New England. It was part of the office of a deacon to read aloud the psalm given out, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read; -- called, also, lining out the psalm.
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2. With humorous reference to hypocritical posing: To pack (fruit or vegetables) with the finest specimens on top; to alter slyly the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc. [Colloq., U. S.]
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Deaconess (?), n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
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Deaconhood (?), n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
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Deaconry (?), n. See .
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Deaconship, n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
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deactivate, v. t. 1. To make inactive; to render ineffective; as, to deactivate a bomb; to deactivate a machine; to deactivate the alarm. The deactivation of a machine or device is usually a reversible process; switching off an electrical device may be referred to as deactivation. To render an enzyme or catalyst ineffective is more commonly referred to as to .
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2. To disband (a military unit, or other group); to discontinue (a group activity); as, to deactivate the regiment; to deactivate the investigation.
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deactivation, n. The act or process of deactivating.
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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 , and cf. .] 1. 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. “The queen, my lord, is dead.” Shak.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. “The ground is a dead flat.” C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. “Dead in trespasses.” Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.) (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) 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.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See .
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15. (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, therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies so near the hole that the player is certain to hole it in the next stroke. Encyc. of Sport.
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Coloq. Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. -- Coloq. Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. -- Coloq. Dead block , either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. -- Coloq. Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all. -- Coloq. Dead center , or Coloq. Dead point (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. -- Coloq. Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. -- Coloq. Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. -- Coloq. Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. -- Coloq. Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. -- Coloq. Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Abbott. -- Coloq. Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Coloq. Dead hand , a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. “Serfs held in dead hand.” Morley. See . -- Coloq. Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. -- Coloq. Dead heat , a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. -- Coloq. Dead horse , an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] -- Coloq. Dead language , a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Coloq. Dead letter . (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. -- Coloq. Dead-letter office , a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. -- Coloq. Dead level , a term applied to a flat country. -- Coloq. Dead lift , (a) a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. “(As we say) at a dead lift.” Robynson (More's Utopia). (b) (Weighlifting) The lifting of a weight from the ground, without raising it to the shoulders. -- Coloq. Dead line (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. -- Coloq. Dead load (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. -- Coloq. Dead march (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. -- Coloq. Dead nettle (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album). -- Coloq. Dead oil (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. -- Coloq. Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. -- Coloq. Dead pledge , a mortgage. See . -- Coloq. Dead point . (Mach.) See Dead center. -- Coloq. Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as given by compass, and the distance made on each course as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the aid of celestial observations. -- Coloq. Dead rise , the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. -- Coloq. Dead rising , an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. -- Coloq. Dead-Sea apple . See under . -- Coloq. Dead set . See under . -- Coloq. Dead shot . (a) An unerring marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made. -- Coloq. Dead smooth , the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Coloq. Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Coloq. Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Coloq. Dead weight . (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. Knight. -- Coloq. Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. -- Coloq. To be dead , to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See .
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Dead (dĕd), adv. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.]
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I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens.
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Coloq. Dead drunk , so drunk as to be unconscious.
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Dead (dĕd), n. 1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
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When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.
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2. One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
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And Abraham stood up from before his dead. Gen. xxiii. 3.
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Dead, v. t. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obs.]
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Heaven's stern decree,
With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me. Chapman.
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Dead, v. i. To die; to lose life or force. [Obs.]
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So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway. Bacon.
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dead beat (dĕdbēt), deadbeat (dĕdbēt). a loafer, sponger, or swindler; especially, one who does not pay his debts. Same as , n., 7. [Low, U.S.]
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Deadbeat (?), 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 index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
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Coloq. Deadbeat escapement . See under .
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Deadborn (?), a. Stillborn. Pope.
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Deaden (dĕd'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened (dĕd'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From ; cf. AS. d�dan to kill, put to death. See , a.] 1. 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.
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