Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson..

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Funeral :: Funeral (n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies..
Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..
Cremation :: Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead..
Dead :: Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Carrion :: Carrion (n.) The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a..
Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.
Cockatrice :: Cockatrice (n.) Any venomous or deadly thing.
Dead :: Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor..
Body :: Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The procession attending the burial of the dead; the show and accompaniments of an interment.
Walk :: Walk (v. i.) To be stirring; to be abroad; to go restlessly about; -- said of things or persons expected to remain quiet, as a sleeping person, or the spirit of a dead person; to go about as a somnambulist or a specter..
Phylactery :: Phylactery (n.) Among the primitive Christians, a case in which the relics of the dead were inclosed..
Valhalla :: Valhalla (n.) Fig.: A hall or temple adorned with statues and memorials of a nation's heroes; specifically, the Pantheon near Ratisbon, in Bavaria, consecrated to the illustrious dead of all Germany..
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste..
Necrology :: Necrology (n.) An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices..
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
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