Definition of dead

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Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

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Dead-pay :: Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls..
Dead :: 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..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To become prostrate and dead; to die; especially, to die by violence, as in battle..
Dead :: Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
Cremation :: Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead..
Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..
Deadworks :: Deadworks (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.
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.
Myosin :: Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Stum :: Stum (n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must..
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A place for the reception of the dead before burial; a deadhouse; a morgue.
Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind..
Defunct :: Defunct (n.) A dead person; one deceased.
Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons..
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..
Sepulchral :: Sepulchral (a.) Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a sepulchral inscription..
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..
Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..
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