Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight..

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Hydra-tainted :: Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.
Bitumen :: Bitumen (n.) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew's pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc. See Asphalt..
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription..
Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..
Deadborn :: Deadborn (a.) Stillborn.
Streak :: Streak (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body..
Resurgent :: Resurgent (a.) Rising again, as from the dead..
Offal :: Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.
Dead Beat :: Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7..
Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..
Duel :: Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other..
Inurn :: Inurn (v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb..
Dirige :: Dirige (n.) A service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge..
Dead-pay :: Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls..
Deceased :: Deceased (a.) Passed away; dead; gone.
Deadlihood :: Deadlihood (n.) State of the dead.
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