Bible Dictionaries
Dumb
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show.
(2):
(a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
(3):
(a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes.
(4):
(v. t.) To put to silence.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Dumb'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/d/dumb.html. 1828.