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Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

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. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

illing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.

Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n.

f concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.

(Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. -- Deck hand, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. -- Deck molding (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. -- Deck roof (Arch.), a nearly flat…

A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.

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

a day, May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. [U.S.]

Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. -- De*cur"rent*ly, adv.

cursively pinnate (Bot.), having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf.

To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

tensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done Gen. xliv. 15. We receive the due reward of our deeds. Luke xxiii. 41. Would serve his kind in deed and word. Tennyson.

Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer. The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon. A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as…

To free from inflections. Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle.

Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.

Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Bailey.

Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.

Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.