Definition of dead

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Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..

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Deadening :: Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deade.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.
Infernal :: Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients..
Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Philomot :: Philomot (a.) Of the color of a dead leaf.
Pyre :: Pyre (n.) A funeral pile; a combustible heap on which the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt..
Dead-pay :: Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls..
Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.
Mortiferous :: Mortiferous (a.) Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
Exanimous :: Exanimous (a.) Lifeless; dead.
Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..
Finish :: Finish (n.) The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc..
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
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..
Bumper :: Bumper (n.) Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
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.
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