Definition of dead

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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..

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Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..
Mortiferous :: Mortiferous (a.) Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb..
Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.
Ashy :: Ashy (a.) Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.
Sequestrum :: Sequestrum (n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis..
Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson..
Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A carriage specially adapted or used for conveying the dead to the grave.
Fog :: Fog (n.) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; -- called also foggage.
Mortpay :: Mortpay (n.) Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers..
Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
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..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.
Undeadly :: Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.
Necrological :: Necrological (a.) Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths..
Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..
Burial :: Burial (n.) The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment..
Catacomb :: Catacomb (n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural..
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