Definition of dumb

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Dumb (a.) Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words; as, dumb show..

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Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..
Digitorium :: Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.
Dumbledor :: Dumbledor (n.) A bumblebee; also, a cockchafer..
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb..
Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist..
Dactylology :: Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.
Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.
Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..
Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Dummador :: Dummador (n.) A dumbledor.
Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Manichordon :: Manichordon () The clavichord or clarichord; -- called also dumb spinet.
Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.
Dummerer :: Dummerer (n.) One who feigns dumbness.
Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.
Thunderstrike :: Thunderstrike (v. t.) To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible; -- rarely used except in the past participle..
Elinguid :: Elinguid (a.) Tongue-tied; dumb.
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Chorus :: Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.
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