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Dead
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) 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.
(2):
(a.) 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.
(3):
(a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
(4):
(a.) 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.
(5):
(a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
(6):
(a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
(7):
(a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
(8):
(a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
(9):
(a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
(10):
(a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
(11):
(a.) 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.
(12):
(a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
(13):
(a.) Bringing death; deadly.
(14):
(a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
(15):
(a.) Flat; without gloss; - said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
(16):
(a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
(17):
(v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.
(18):
(a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
(19):
(adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
(20):
(n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
(21):
(n.) One who is dead; - commonly used collectively.
(22):
(v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dead'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dead.html. 1828.
