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To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.

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. -- Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. -- Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors,…

ho has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

[Poetic] "Lay lingering out a five years' death in life." Tennyson. -- Death knell, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death. -- Death rate, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population. At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts. Darwin. -- Death rattle, a ratt…

A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. The deathblow of my hope. Byron.

Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron. The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.

Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." Milton. Already decrepit with premature old age. Motley.

The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

ril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive. He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18. One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.

A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.

sion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Shak. Destruction of venerable establishment. Hallam.

To devastate. [Obs.] Bolingbroke.

A type of internal-combustion engine in which the air drawn in by the suction stroke is so highly compressed that the heat generated ignites the fuel (usually crude oil), the fuel being automatically sprayed into the cylinder under pressure. The Diesel engine has a very high thermal efficiency.

A thump or stroke, especially of a bell.

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

xpression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper.

A blow; a stroke. [Obs.] "Mortal dint." Milton. "Like thunder's dint." Fairfax.

To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization.