Definition of dead

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

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Necrology :: Necrology (n.) An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices..
Charon :: Charon (n.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions..
Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action..
Remain :: Remain (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's.
Necrosed :: Necrosed (a.) Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone..
Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..
Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27..
Slough :: Slough (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly..
Cremation :: Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead..
Below :: Below (adv.) In hell, or the regions of the dead..
Baneful :: Baneful (a.) Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.
Bane :: Bane (n.) That which destroys life, esp. poison of a deadly quality..
Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.
Urn :: Urn (n.) A vessel of various forms, usually a vase furnished with a foot or pedestal, employed for different purposes, as for holding liquids, for ornamental uses, for preserving the ashes of the dead after cremation, and anciently for holding lots to be drawn..
Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death..
Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.
Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons..
Graveclothes :: Graveclothes (n. pl.) The clothes or dress in which the dead are interred.
Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.
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