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Definition: dead air

dead air
n : an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which
there is no sound

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Definition: Dead calm

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Definition: Dead color

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Definition: Dead lift

Lift \Lift\, n.
1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.
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2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted;
as, a long lift. --Bacon.
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3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a
vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as
a favor -- usually in ``give a lift'' or ``got a lift'';
as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift
into town. [Colloq.]
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The goat gives the fox a lift. --L'Estrange.

4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is
lifted; as:
(a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
[Chiefly Brit.]
(b) An exercising machine.
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5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
canals.
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6. A lift gate. See Lift gate, below. [Prov. Eng.]
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7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity
of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end
of the yard.
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8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.
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9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.
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10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance
during which the impulse is given. --Saunier.
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11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the
campaign workers got a lift from the President's
endorsement.
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Dead lift. See under Dead. --Swift.

Lift bridge, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of
which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.

Lift gate, a gate that is opened by lifting.

Lift hammer. See Tilt hammer.

Lift lock, a canal lock.

Lift pump, a lifting pump.

Lift tenter (Windmills), a governor for regulating the
speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action
of grinding machinery according to the speed.

Lift wall (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the
lock.
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Definition: Dead point

Point \Point\, n. [F. point, and probably also pointe, L.
punctum, puncta, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick. See
Pungent, and cf. Puncto, Puncture.]
1. That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything,
esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle
or a pin.
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2. An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle
used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others;
also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point;
-- called also pointer.
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3. Anything which tapers to a sharp, well-defined
termination. Specifically: A small promontory or cape; a
tract of land extending into the water beyond the common
shore line.
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4. The mark made by the end of a sharp, piercing instrument,
as a needle; a prick.
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5. An indefinitely small space; a mere spot indicated or
supposed. Specifically: (Geom.) That which has neither
parts nor magnitude; that which has position, but has
neither length, breadth, nor thickness, -- sometimes
conceived of as the limit of a line; that by the motion of
which a line is conceived to be produced.
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6. An indivisible portion of time; a moment; an instant;
hence, the verge.
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When time's first point begun
Made he all souls. --Sir J.
Davies.
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7. A mark of punctuation; a character used to mark the
divisions of a composition, or the pauses to be observed
in reading, or to point off groups of figures, etc.; a
stop, as a comma, a semicolon, and esp. a period; hence,
figuratively, an end, or conclusion.
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And there a point, for ended is my tale. --Chaucer.
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Commas and points they set exactly right. --Pope.
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8. Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative
position, or to indicate a transition from one state or
position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position
or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of
depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by
tenpoints. ``A point of precedence.'' --Selden. ``Creeping
on from point to point.'' --Tennyson.
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A lord full fat and in good point. --Chaucer.
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9. That which arrests attention, or indicates qualities or
character; a salient feature; a characteristic; a
peculiarity; hence, a particular; an item; a detail; as,
the good or bad points of a man, a horse, a book, a story,
etc.
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He told him, point for point, in short and plain.
--Chaucer.
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In point of religion and in point of honor. --Bacon.
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Shalt thou dispute
With Him the points of liberty ? --Milton.
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10. Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an
argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp.,
the proposition to be established; as, the point of an
anecdote. ``Here lies the point.'' --Shak.
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They will hardly prove his point. --Arbuthnot.
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11. A small matter; a trifle; a least consideration; a
punctilio.
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This fellow doth not stand upon points. --Shak.
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[He] cared not for God or man a point. --Spenser.
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12. (Mus.) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or
time; as:
(a) (Anc. Mus.) A dot or mark distinguishing or
characterizing certain tones or styles; as, points of
perfection, of augmentation, etc.; hence, a note; a
tune. ``Sound the trumpet -- not a levant, or a
flourish, but a point of war.'' --Sir W. Scott.
(b) (Mod. Mus.) A dot placed at the right hand of a note,
to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half,
as to make a whole note equal to three half notes, a
half note equal to three quarter notes.
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13. (Astron.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or
zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the
intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere,
and named specifically in each case according to the
position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the
solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points,
etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.
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14. (Her.) One of the several different parts of the
escutcheon. See Escutcheon.
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15. (Naut.)
(a) One of the points of the compass (see {Points of the
compass}, below); also, the difference between two
points of the compass; as, to fall off a point.
(b) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails. See
Reef point, under Reef.
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16. (Anc. Costume) A a string or lace used to tie together
certain parts of the dress. --Sir W. Scott.
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17. Lace wrought the needle; as, point de Venise; Brussels
point. See Point lace, below.
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18. pl. (Railways) A switch. [Eng.]
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19. An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
[Cant, U. S.]
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20. (Cricket) A fielder who is stationed on the off side,
about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in
advance of, the batsman.
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21. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game;
as, the dog came to a point. See Pointer.
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22. (Type Making) A standard unit of measure for the size of
type bodies, being one twelfth of the thickness of pica
type. See Point system of type, under Type.
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23. A tyne or snag of an antler.
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24. One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
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25. (Fencing) A movement executed with the saber or foil; as,
tierce point.
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26. (Med.) A pointed piece of quill or bone covered at one
end with vaccine matter; -- called also vaccine point.
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27. One of the raised dots used in certain systems of
printing and writing for the blind. The first practical
system was that devised by Louis Braille in 1829, and
still used in Europe (see Braille). Two modifications
of this are current in the United States:

New York point founded on three bases of equidistant points
arranged in two lines (viz., : :: :::), and a later
improvement,

American Braille, embodying the Braille base (:::) and the
New-York-point principle of using the characters of few
points for the commonest letters.
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28. In technical senses:
(a) In various games, a position of a certain player, or,
by extension, the player himself; as: (1) (Lacrosse &
Ice Hockey) The position of the player of each side
who stands a short distance in front of the goal
keeper; also, the player himself. (2) (Baseball)
(pl.) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
(b) (Hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made;
hence, a straight run from point to point; a
cross-country run. [Colloq. Oxf. E. D.]
(c) (Falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over
the place where its prey has gone into cover.
(d) Act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain
dance positions.
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Note: The word point is a general term, much used in the
sciences, particularly in mathematics, mechanics,
perspective, and physics, but generally either in the
geometrical sense, or in that of degree, or condition
of change, and with some accompanying descriptive or
qualifying term, under which, in the vocabulary, the
specific uses are explained; as, boiling point, carbon
point, dry point, freezing point, melting point,
vanishing point, etc.
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At all points, in every particular, completely; perfectly.
--Shak.

At point, In point, At the point, In the point, or
On the point, as near as can be; on the verge; about (see
About, prep., 6); as, at the point of death; he was on
the point of speaking. ``In point to fall down.''
--Chaucer. ``Caius Sidius Geta, at point to have been
taken, recovered himself so valiantly as brought day on
his side.'' --Milton.

Dead point. (Mach.) Same as Dead center, under Dead.

Far point (Med.), in ophthalmology, the farthest point at
which objects are seen distinctly. In normal eyes the
nearest point at which objects are seen distinctly; either
with the two eyes together (binocular near point), or with
each eye separately (monocular near point).

Nine points of the law, all but the tenth point; the
greater weight of authority.

On the point. See At point, above.

Point lace, lace wrought with the needle, as distinguished
from that made on the pillow.

Point net, a machine-made lace imitating a kind of Brussels
lace (Brussels ground).

Point of concurrence (Geom.), a point common to two lines,
but not a point of tangency or of intersection, as, for
instance, that in which a cycloid meets its base.

Point of contrary flexure, a point at which a curve changes
its direction of curvature, or at which its convexity and
concavity change sides.

Point of order, in parliamentary practice, a question of
order or propriety under the rules.

Point of sight (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the
point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the
spectator.

Point of view, the relative position from which anything is
seen or any subject is considered.

Points of the compass (Naut.), the thirty-two points of
division of the compass card in the mariner's compass; the
corresponding points by which the circle of the horizon is
supposed to be divided, of which the four marking the
directions of east, west, north, and south, are called
cardinal points, and the rest are named from their
respective directions, as N. by E., N. N. E., N. E. by N.,
N. E., etc. See Illust. under Compass.

Point paper, paper pricked through so as to form a stencil
for transferring a design.

Point system of type. See under Type.

Singular point (Geom.), a point of a curve which possesses
some property not possessed by points in general on the
curve, as a cusp, a point of inflection, a node, etc.

To carry one's point, to accomplish one's object, as in a
controversy.

To make a point of, to attach special importance to.

To make a point, or To gain a point, accomplish that
which was proposed; also, to make advance by a step,
grade, or position.

To mark a point, or To score a point, as in billiards,
cricket, etc., to note down, or to make, a successful hit,
run, etc.

To strain a point, to go beyond the proper limit or rule;
to stretch one's authority or conscience.

Vowel point, in Arabic, Hebrew, and certain other Eastern
and ancient languages, a mark placed above or below the
consonant, or attached to it, representing the vowel, or
vocal sound, which precedes or follows the consonant.
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Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
[1913 Webster]

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
[1913 Webster]

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
[1913 Webster]

I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
[1913 Webster]

12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
[1913 Webster]

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
[1913 Webster]

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
[1913 Webster]

15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
[1913 Webster]

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
[1913 Webster]

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
[1913 Webster]

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
[1913 Webster]

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
[1913 Webster]

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
[1913 Webster]

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
[1913 Webster]

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
[1913 Webster]

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
[1913 Webster]

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
[1913 Webster]

I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
[1913 Webster]

12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
[1913 Webster]

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
[1913 Webster]

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
[1913 Webster]

15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
[1913 Webster]

Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Dead rise

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
[1913 Webster]

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
[1913 Webster]

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
[1913 Webster]

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
[1913 Webster]

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
[1913 Webster]

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
[1913 Webster]

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
[1913 Webster]

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
[1913 Webster]

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
[1913 Webster]

I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
[1913 Webster]

12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
[1913 Webster]

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
[1913 Webster]

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
[1913 Webster]

15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
[1913 Webster]

Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Dead wall

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
[1913 Webster]

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
[1913 Webster]

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
[1913 Webster]

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
[1913 Webster]

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
[1913 Webster]

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
[1913 Webster]

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
[1913 Webster]

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
[1913 Webster]

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
[1913 Webster]

I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
[1913 Webster]

12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
[1913 Webster]

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
[1913 Webster]

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
[1913 Webster]

15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
[1913 Webster]

Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Dead wind

Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which 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.
[1913 Webster]

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
[1913 Webster]

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
[1913 Webster]

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
[1913 Webster]

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
[1913 Webster]

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
[1913 Webster]

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
[1913 Webster]

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. ``The ground is a dead flat.'' --C. Reade.
[1913 Webster]

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
[1913 Webster]

I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. ``Dead in trespasses.'' --Eph. ii. 1.
[1913 Webster]

12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
[1913 Webster]

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
[1913 Webster]

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
[1913 Webster]

15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.

[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.

Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.

Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.

Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.

Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at 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, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.

Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.

Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.

Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.

Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.

Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. ``Serfs held in dead hand.'' --Morley. See
Mortmain.

Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.

Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.

Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]

Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.

Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage.

Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center.

Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place
of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
aid of celestial observations.

Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
floor.

Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
ship's length.

{Dead-Sea apple}. See under Apple.

Dead set. See under Set.

Dead shot.
(a) An unerring marksman.
(b) A shot certain to be made.

Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
other openings.

Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
ship's stern when sailing.

Dead weight.
(a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
(b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
(c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
weight being the load. --Knight.

Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
ship's course.

To be dead, to die. [Obs.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Definition: Lead mill

Lead \Lead\ (l[e^]d), n. [OE. led, leed, lead, AS. le['a]d; akin
to D. lood, MHG. l[=o]t, G. loth plummet, sounding lead,
small weight, Sw. & Dan. lod. [root]123.]
1. (Chem.) One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic
metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily
tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with
little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets,
etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible
(melting point 327.5[deg] C), forms alloys with other
metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal.
Atomic number 82. Atomic weight, 207.2. Symbol Pb (L.
Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena,
lead sulphide.
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2. An article made of lead or an alloy of lead; as:
(a) A plummet or mass of lead, used in sounding at sea.
(b) (Print.) A thin strip of type metal, used to separate
lines of type in printing.
(c) Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs;
hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne
plates.
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I would have the tower two stories, and goodly
leads upon the top. --Bacon
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3. A small cylinder of black lead or graphite, used in
pencils.
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Black lead, graphite or plumbago; -- so called from its
leadlike appearance and streak. [Colloq.]

Coasting lead, a sounding lead intermediate in weight
between a hand lead and deep-sea lead.

{Deep-sea lead}, the heaviest of sounding leads, used in
water exceeding a hundred fathoms in depth. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

Hand lead, a small lead use for sounding in shallow water.

Krems lead, Kremnitz lead [so called from Krems or
Kremnitz, in Austria], a pure variety of white lead,
formed into tablets, and called also Krems white, or
Kremnitz white, and Vienna white.

Lead arming, tallow put in the hollow of a sounding lead.
See To arm the lead (below).

Lead colic. See under Colic.

Lead color, a deep bluish gray color, like tarnished lead.

Lead glance. (Min.) Same as Galena.

Lead line
(a) (Med.) A dark line along the gums produced by a
deposit of metallic lead, due to lead poisoning.
(b) (Naut.) A sounding line.

Lead mill, a leaden polishing wheel, used by lapidaries.

Lead ocher (Min.), a massive sulphur-yellow oxide of lead.
Same as Massicot.

Lead pencil, a pencil of which the marking material is
graphite (black lead).

Lead plant (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus Amorpha
(Amorpha canescens), found in the Northwestern United
States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead
ore. --Gray.

Lead tree.
(a) (Bot.) A West Indian name for the tropical, leguminous
tree, {Leuc[ae]na glauca}; -- probably so called from
the glaucous color of the foliage.
(b) (Chem.) Lead crystallized in arborescent forms from a
solution of some lead salt, as by suspending a strip
of zinc in lead acetate.

Mock lead, a miner's term for blende.

Red lead, a scarlet, crystalline, granular powder,
consisting of minium when pure, but commonly containing
several of the oxides of lead. It is used as a paint or
cement and also as an ingredient of flint glass.

Red lead ore (Min.), crocoite.

Sugar of lead, acetate of lead.

To arm the lead, to fill the hollow in the bottom of a
sounding lead with tallow in order to discover the nature
of the bottom by the substances adhering. --Ham. Nav.
Encyc.

To cast the lead, or To heave the lead, to cast the
sounding lead for ascertaining the depth of water.

White lead, hydrated carbonate of lead, obtained as a
white, amorphous powder, and much used as an ingredient of
white paint.
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Definition: Seed oil

Seed \Seed\ (s[=e]d), n.; pl. Seed or Seeds. [OE. seed, sed,
AS. s[=ae]d, fr. s[=a]wan to sow; akin to D. zaad seed, G.
saat, Icel. s[=a][eth], s[ae][eth]i, Goth. manas[=e][thorn]s
seed of men, world. See Sow to scatter seed, and cf.
Colza.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or
more integuments, or coverings; as, an apple seed; a
currant seed. By germination it produces a new plant.
(b) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a
pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper;
as, parsnip seed; thistle seed.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass,
the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree
yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in
itself. --Gen. i. 11.
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Note: The seed proper has an outer and an inner coat, and
within these the kernel or nucleus. The kernel is
either the embryo alone, or the embryo inclosed in the
albumen, which is the material for the nourishment of
the developing embryo. The scar on a seed, left where
the stem parted from it, is called the hilum, and the
closed orifice of the ovule, the micropyle.
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2. (Physiol.) The generative fluid of the male; semen; sperm;
-- not used in the plural.
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3. That from which anything springs; first principle;
original; source; as, the seeds of virtue or vice.
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4. The principle of production.
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Praise of great acts he scatters as a seed,
Which may the like in coming ages breed. --Waller.
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5. Progeny; offspring; children; descendants; as, the seed of
Abraham; the seed of David.
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Note: In this sense the word is applied to one person, or to
any number collectively, and admits of the plural form,
though rarely used in the plural.
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6. Race; generation; birth.
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Of mortal seed they were not held. --Waller.
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Seed bag (Artesian well), a packing to prevent percolation
of water down the bore hole. It consists of a bag
encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which
swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and
the sides of the hole.

Seed bud (Bot.), the germ or rudiment of the plant in the
embryo state; the ovule.

Seed coat (Bot.), the covering of a seed.

Seed corn, or Seed grain (Bot.), corn or grain for seed.

To eat the seed corn, To eat the corn which should be saved
for seed, so as to forestall starvation; -- a desparate
measure, since it only postpones disaster. Hence: any
desparate action which creates a disastrous situation in
the long-term, done in order to provide temporary relief.

Seed down (Bot.), the soft hairs on certain seeds, as
cotton seed.

Seed drill. See 6th Drill, 2
(a) .

Seed eater (Zo["o]l.), any finch of the genera
Sporophila, and Crithagra. They feed mainly on seeds.

Seed gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall which resembles a seed,
formed on the leaves of various plants, usually by some
species of Phylloxera.

Seed leaf (Bot.), a cotyledon.

Seed lobe (Bot.), a cotyledon; a seed leaf.

Seed oil, oil expressed from the seeds of plants.

Seed oyster, a young oyster, especially when of a size
suitable for transplantation to a new locality.

Seed pearl, a small pearl of little value.

Seed plat, or Seed plot, the ground on which seeds are
sown, to produce plants for transplanting; a nursery.

Seed stalk (Bot.), the stalk of an ovule or seed; a
funicle.

Seed tick (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of ticks
resembling seeds in form and color.

Seed vessel (Bot.), that part of a plant which contains the
seeds; a pericarp.

Seed weevil (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous small weevils,
especially those of the genus Apion, which live in the
seeds of various plants.

Seed wool, cotton wool not yet cleansed of its seeds.
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