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ching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. Deep clerks she dumbs. Shak.

An evil spirit; a demon. A dumb man possessed with a devil. Matt. ix. 32.

A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

modesty, dejection, or guilt. 'T is love, said she; and then my downcast eyes, And guilty dumbness, witnessed my surprise. Dryden. - Down"cast`ly, adv. -- Down"cast`ness, n.

a driving tempest. Prescott. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Tennyson.

To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment. [Written also dumbfound.] Spectator.

To dumfound; to confound. [Written also dumbfounder.]

A dumbledor.

One who feigns dumbness. [Obs.] Burton.

One who is dumb. H. Smith.

Tongue-tied; dumb. [Obs.]

That which is eloquently uttered or written. O, let my books be then the eloquence And dumb presagers of my speaking breast. Shak.

exceedingly; to triumph; as, an exulting heart. "An exulting countenance." Bancroft. The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. Pope.

an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. Harlequin bat (Zoöl.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. -- Harlequin beetle (Zoöl.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus l…

A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.

The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.

se division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.

Incapable of speaking; dumb. Dryden.

A becoming dumb; loss of speech. Sir T. Browne.

who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given. The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Milton.