Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep..

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Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..
Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body..
Inanimate :: Inanimate (a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances..
Deadworks :: Deadworks (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.
Dead :: Dead (a.) 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..
Tatou :: Tatou (n.) The giant armadillo (Priodontes gigas) of tropical South America. It becomes nearly five feet long including the tail. It is noted for its burrowing powers, feeds largely upon dead animals, and sometimes invades human graves..
Corse :: Corse (n.) A corpse; the dead body of a human being.
Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..
Obituary :: Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..
Resurgent :: Resurgent (n.) One who rises again, as from the dead..
Boil :: Boil (n.) A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core..
Coranach :: Coranach (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc..
Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound..
Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.
Dead-reckoning :: Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall..
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