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h the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my lord, is dead." Shak. The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot. Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak.

See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]

the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye. Totten.

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

See under Dead, a.

Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

ex moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

Stillborn. Pope.

To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

A buoy. See under Dead, a.

Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike. The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

State of the dead. [Obs.]

The quality of being deadly.

ngs, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action. Things are at a deadlock. London Times. The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two. The Century.

ble of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.