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Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Deadhouse :: Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

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.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..

Shorling :: Shorling (n.) The skin of a sheen after the fleece is shorn off, as distinct from the morling, or skin taken from the dead sheep; also, a sheep of the first year's shearing..

Poison :: Poison (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases..

Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) Extremely.

Charnel :: Charnel (a.) Containing the bodies of the dead.

Mortpay :: Mortpay (n.) Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Stillborn :: Stillbirth (n.) The birth of a dead fetus.

Defunct :: Defunct (a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

Drop :: Drop (v. i.) To fall dead, or to fall in death..

Mummy :: Mummy (n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction..

Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway..

Placebo :: Placebo (n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

Brass :: Brass (n.) A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.

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