Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter D - Page 9
Deafening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deafen.
Compare: Pugging
Pugging (n.) [See Pug, v. t.] 捏合；搗制窯泥；【建築】隔音層；隔音材料，阻聲灰泥 The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc.
Pugging (n.) (Arch.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening.
Deafen (v. t.) 使聾；使聽不見；把……震聾 To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. -- Addison.
Deafen (v. t.) (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
Deafen (v.) Be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise."
Deafen (v.) Make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: deafen, deaf].
Deafen (v.) Make soundproof; "deafen a room."
Deafening (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging ; sound insulation.
Deafening (a.) Extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco with rock music played at a deafening volume.
Deafening (a.) Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss [syn: deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thundery].
Deafly (adv.) Without sense of sounds; obscurely.
Deafly (a.) Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.]
Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly. deaf-muteness
Deaf-mute (a.) Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak [syn: deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute].
Deaf-mute (n.) A deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person].
Deaf-mutism (n.) The condition of being a deaf-mute ; a congenital deafness that results in inability to speak.
Deaf-mutism (n.) Congenital deafness that results in inability to speak [syn: deaf-mutism, deaf-muteness].
Deafness (n.) Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.
Deafness (n.) Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.
Nervous deafness, A variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve.
Deafness (n.) Partial or complete loss of hearing [syn: deafness, hearing loss].
Deal (n.) A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour. -- Num. xv. 9.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power. -- M. Arnold.
She was
resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. -- W. Black.
Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as,
some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the
word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as,
a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that
is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
Deal (n.) The process of
dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. -- Swift.
Deal (n.) Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]
Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains. [Slang]
Deal (n.) [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See Thill.]
The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.
Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick.
Deal (n.) Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. eal tree, a fir tree. -- Dr. Prior.
Dealt (imp. & p. p.) of Deal.
Dealing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deal.
Deal (v. t.) To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry? -- Is. lviii. 7.
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold -- Tickell.
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. -- Gay.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. -- Dryden.
Deal (v. t.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
Deal (v. i.) To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
Deal (v. i.) To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. -- South.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. -- Dr. H. More.
Deal (v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.
Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. -- Bacon.
Deal (v. i.) To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. -- Tillotson.
Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind." -- Locke.
To deal in. (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters.
To deal in. (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish.
To deal with. (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. "Dealing with witches." -- Shak.
To deal with. (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. -- Hawthorne.
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. -- Gen. xxxii.
Deal (n.) A particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: deal, trade, business deal].
Deal (n.) An agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal].
Deal (n.) (Often followed by `of') A large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad].
Deal (n.) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
Deal (n.) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: softwood, deal].
Deal (n.) The cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal].
Deal (n.) The type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car."
Deal (n.) The act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise".
Deal (n.) The act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions".
Deal (v.) Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"[ syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address].
Deal (v.) Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: consider, take, deal, look at].
Deal (v.) Take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students."
Deal (v.) Come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage].
Deal (v.) Administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn: distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out].
Deal (v.) Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal, sell, trade].
Deal (v.) Be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: manage, deal, care, handle].
Deal (v.) Behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees."
Deal (v.) Distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
Deal (v.) Direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal].
Deal (v.) Give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal].
Deal (v.) Give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades."
Deal (v.) Sell; "deal hashish."
Deal, NJ -- U.S. borough in New Jersey
Population (2000): 1070
Housing Units (2000): 953
Land area (2000): 1.215150 sq. miles (3.147225 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.079126 sq. miles (0.204935 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.294276 sq. miles (3.352160 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16660
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 40.247866 N, 73.997328 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 07723
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Deal, NJ
Deal
Dealbate (v. t.) To whiten. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Dealbation (n.) Act of bleaching; a
whitening. [Obs.]
Dealer (n.) One who deals; one who
has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a
shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in
stocks; a retail dealer.
Dealer (n.) One who distributes cards to the players.
Dealer (n.) Someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger].
Dealer (n.) A firm engaged in trading.
Dealer (n.) A seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods."
Dealer (n.) The major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn: principal, dealer].
Dealer (n.) The person who distributes the playing cards in a card game.
Dealfish (n.) (Zool.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas ({Trachypterus arcticus).
Dealfish (n.) Deep-sea ribbonfish [syn: dealfish, Trachipterus arcticus].
Dealing (n.) The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.
Double dealing, Insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.
Plain dealing, Fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.
Dealing (n.) Method or manner of conduct in relation to others; "honest dealing."
Dealing (n.) The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" [syn: transaction, dealing, dealings].
Dealth (n.) Share dealt. [Obs.]
Deambulate (v. i.) To walk abroad. [Obs.] -- Cockeram.
Deambulation (n.) A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] -- Sir T. Elyot.
Deambulatory (a.) Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory. [Obs.] "Deambulatory actors." -- Bp. Morton.
Deambulatory (n.) A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.
Dean (n.) A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
Dean of cathedral church, The chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates.
Dean of peculiars, A dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.]
Rural dean, One having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese.
Dean (n.) The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. -- Shipley.
Dean (n.) The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
Dean (n.) A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.]
Dean (n.) The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.
Cardinal dean, The senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. -- Shipley.
Dean and chapter, The legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries.
Dean of arches, The lay judge of the court of arches.
Dean of faculty, The president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh.
Dean of guild, A magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law.
Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks.
Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal.
Dean (n.) An administrator in charge of a division of a university or college.
Dean (n.) United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) [syn: Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean].
Dean (n.) A man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen].
Dean (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals.
Dean, () eccl. law. An ecclesiastical officer, who derives his name from the fact that he presides over ten canons, or, prebondaries, at least. There are several kinds of deans, namely: 1. Deans of chapters. 2. Deans of peculiars. 3. Rural deans. 4. Deans in the colleges. 5. Honorary deans. 6. Deans of provinces.
Deaneries (n. pl. ) of Deanery
Deanery (n.) The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.
Deanery (n.) The residence of a dean. -- Shak.
Deanery (n.) The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.
Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. -- Blackstone.
Deanery (n.) The official residence of a dean.
Deanery (n.) The position or office of a dean [syn: deanship, deanery].
Deanship (n.) The office of a dean.
I dont't value your deanship a straw. -- Swift.
Deanship (n.) The position or office of a dean [syn: deanship, deanery].
Dear (a.) 親愛的；可愛的；（常大寫）（信頭稱謂）親愛的，尊敬的 [B]；珍貴的，寶貴的，珍視的 [F] [（+to）] Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.
The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. -- Shak.
Dear (a.) Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.
Dear (a.) Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." -- Shak.
Neither count I my life dear unto myself. -- Acts xx. 24.
And the last joy was dearer than the rest. -- Pope.
Dear as remember'd kisses after death. -- Tennyson.
Dear (a.) Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention.
Dear (a.) Of agreeable things and interests.
[I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. -- Shak.
His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. -- Macaulay.
Dear (a.) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
In our dear peril. -- Shak.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. -- Shak.
Dear (n.) （常作稱呼）親愛的（人） A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
That kiss I carried from thee, dear. -- Shak.
Dear (adv.) 疼愛地 ；高價地；昂貴地 Dearly; at a high price.
If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. -- Shak.
Dear (v. t.) To endear. [Obs.] -- Shelton.
Compare: Endear
Endear (v.) [With object] (v. t.) 使受喜愛；使受鍾愛 [（+to）] Cause to be loved or liked.
‘Flora's spirit and character endeared her to everyone who met her.’
Dear (adv.) With affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear].
Dear (adv.) At a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" [syn: dearly, dear].
Dear (a.) Dearly loved [syn: beloved, darling, dear].
Dear (a.) With or in a close or intimate relationship; "a good friend"; "my sisters and brothers are near and dear" [syn: dear, good, near].
Dear (a.) Earnest; "one's dearest wish"; "devout wishes for their success"; "heartfelt condolences" [syn: dear, devout, earnest, heartfelt].
Dear (a.) Having a high price; "costly jewelry"; "high-priced merchandise"; "much too dear for my pocketbook"; "a pricey restaurant" [syn: costly, dear(p), high-priced, pricey, pricy].
Dear (n.) A beloved person; used as terms of endearment [syn: beloved, dear, dearest, honey, love].
Dear (n.) A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: lamb, dear].
Dearborn (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.
Dearborn -- U.S. County in Indiana
Population (2000): 46109
Housing Units (2000): 17791
Land area (2000): 305.212281 sq. miles (790.496144 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.837766 sq. miles (4.759793 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 307.050047 sq. miles (795.255937 sq. km)
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.135699 N, 84.943303 W
Headwords:
Dearborn
Dearborn, IN
Dearborn County
Dearborn County, IN
Dearborn, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 97775
Housing Units (2000): 38981
Land area (2000): 24.363401 sq. miles (63.100915 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.088330 sq. miles (0.228773 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 24.451731 sq. miles (63.329688 sq. km)
FIPS code: 21000
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.314586 N, 83.216633 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 48120 48124 48126 48128
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dearborn, MI
Dearborn
Dearborn, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 529
Housing Units (2000): 258
Land area (2000): 0.858955 sq. miles (2.224682 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.012623 sq. miles (0.032693 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.871578 sq. miles (2.257375 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18658
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.522464 N, 94.769183 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 64439
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dearborn, MO
Dearborn
Dear-bought (a.) Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.
Deare () variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]
Dearie (n.) Same as Deary. -- Dickens.
Dearling (n.) A darling. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Dear-loved (a.) Greatly beloved. -- Shak.
Dearly (adv.) In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.
Dearly (adv.) At a high rate or price; grievously.
He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. -- Dryden.
Dearly (adv.) Exquisitely. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Dearly (adv.) In a sincere and heartfelt manner; "I would dearly love to know" [syn: dearly, in a heartfelt way].
Dearly (adv.) At a great cost; "he paid dearly for the food"; "this cost him dear" [syn: dearly, dear].
Dearly (adv.) With affection; "she loved him dearly"; "he treats her affectionately" [syn: dearly, affectionately, dear].
Dearn (a.) Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [Obs.] -- Shak. -- Dearn"ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Dearn (v. t.) Same as Darn. [Obs.]
Dearness (n.) The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.
The dearness of corn. -- Swift.
Dearness (n.) Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.
The dearness of friendship. -- Bacon.
Dearness (n.) The quality possessed by something with a great price or value [syn: costliness, dearness, preciousness].
Dearth (n.) 缺乏，不足 [S] [（+of）]；饑饉，饑荒 [U] Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. -- Acts vii. 11.
He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. -- Shak.
Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. -- Dryden.
Dearth (n.) An acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage].
Dearth (n.) An insufficient quantity or number [syn: dearth, paucity].
Dearth, () A scarcity
of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the
days of Abram there was a "famine in the land" (Gen. 12:10),
so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read also of
dearths in the time of the judges (Ruth 1:1), and of the kings (2 Sam. 21:1; 1
Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 4:38;
8:1).
In New Testament times there was an extensive famine in Palestine (Acts 11:28)
in the fourth year of the reign of the emperor Claudius (A.D. 44 and 45).
Dearticulate (v. t.) To disjoint.
Dearworth (a.) Precious. [Obs.] -- Piers
Plowman.
Deary (n.) A dear; a darling. [Familiar]
Deary (n.) A special loved one [syn: darling, favorite,
favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky].
Deary, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 552
Housing Units (2000): 235
Land area (2000): 0.598948 sq. miles (1.551267 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.598948 sq. miles (1.551267 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20890
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 46.800062 N, 116.558733 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83823
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Deary, ID
Deary
Deas (n.) See Dais. [Scot.]
Death (n.) 死，死亡 [C] [U]；致死的原因 [C] [（+of）] The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
Note: Local death is going on at all times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval. -- Huxley.
Death (n.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.
The death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant. -- J. Peile.
Death (n.) Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.
A death that I abhor. -- Shak.
Let me die the death of the righteous. -- Num. xxiii. 10.
Death (n.) Cause of loss of life.
Swiftly flies the feathered death. -- Dryden.
He caught his death the last county sessions. -- Addison.
Death (n.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.
Death! great proprietor of all. -- Young.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death. -- Rev. vi. 8.
Death (n.) Danger of death. "In deaths oft." -- 2 Cor. xi. 23.
Death (n.) Murder; murderous character.
Not to suffer a man of death to live. -- Bacon.
Death (n.) (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.
To be carnally minded is death. -- Rom. viii. 6.
Death (n.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. -- Atterbury.
And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. -- Judg. xvi. 16.
Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc.
Black death. See Black death, in the Vocabulary.
Civil death, The separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc. -- Blackstone.
Death adder. (Zool.) (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa ({Acanthophis tortor); -- so called from the virulence of its venom.
Death adder. (Zool.) (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapid[ae], of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica.
Death bell, A bell that announces a death.
The death bell thrice was heard to ring. -- Mickle.
Death candle, A light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death.
Death damp, A cold sweat at the coming on of death.
Death fire, A kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death.
And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. -- Coleridge.
Death grapple, A grapple or struggle for life.
Death in life, A condition but little removed from death; a living death. [Poetic] "Lay lingering out a five years' death in life." -- Tennyson.
Death rate, The relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population.
At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts. -- Darwin.
Death rattle, A rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person.
Death's door, The boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death.
Death stroke, A stroke causing death.
Death throe, The spasm of death.
Death token, The signal of approaching death.
Death warrant. (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal.
Death warrant. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.
Death wound. (a) A fatal wound or injury.
Death wound. (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak.
Spiritual death (Scripture), The corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God.
The gates of death, The grave.
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? -- Job xxxviii. 17.
The second death, condemnation to eternal separation from God. -- Rev. ii. 11.
To be the death of, to be the cause of death to; to make die. "It was one who should be the death of both his parents." -- Milton.
Syn: Death, Decease, Demise, Departure, Release.
Usage: Death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
Death (n.) The event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease, expiry] [ant: birth, nascence, nascency, nativity].
Death (n.) The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death".
Death (n.) The absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life".
Death (n.) The time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying, demise] [ant: birth].
Death (n.) The time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn: death, last].
Death (n.) The personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city".
Death (n.) A final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end, destruction, death].
Death (n.) The act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience."
Death, () May be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) "The dust shall return to the earth as it was" (Eccl. 12:7).
Death, () "Thou takest away their breath, they die" (Ps. 104:29).
Death, () It is the dissolution of "our earthly house of this tabernacle" (2 Cor. 5:1); the "putting off this tabernacle" (2 Pet. 1:13, 14).
Death, () Being "unclothed" (2 Cor. 5:3, 4).
Death, () "Falling on sleep" (Ps. 76:5; Jer. 51:39; Acts 13:36; 2 Pet. 3:9.
Death, () "I go whence I shall not return" (Job 10:21); "Make me to know mine end" (Ps. 39:4); "to depart" (Phil. 1:23).
The grave is represented as "the gates of death" (Job 38:17; Ps. 9:13; 107:18). The gloomy silence of the grave is spoken of under the figure of the "shadow of death" (Jer. 2:6).
Death is the effect of sin (Heb. 2:14), and not a "debt of nature." It is but once (9:27), universal (Gen. 3:19), necessary (Luke 2:28-30). Jesus has by his own death taken away its sting for all his followers (1 Cor. 15:55-57).
There is a spiritual death in trespasses and sins, i.e., the death of the soul under the power of sin (Rom. 8:6; Eph. 2:1, 3; Col. 2:13).
The "second death" (Rev. 2:11) Is the everlasting perdition of the wicked (Rev. 21:8), and "second" in respect to natural or temporal death.
THE death of christ, () Is the procuring cause incidentally of all the blessings men enjoy on earth. But specially it is the procuring cause of the actual salvation of all his people, together with all the means that lead thereto. It does not make their salvation merely possible, but certain (Matt. 18:11; Rom. 5:10; 2 Cor. 5:21; Gal. 1:4; 3:13; Eph. 1:7; 2:16; Rom. 8:32-35).
Death, () med. jur., crim. law, evidence. The cessation of life.
Death, () It is either natural, as when it happens in the usual course, without any violence; or violent, when it is caused either by the acts of the deceased, or those of others. Natural death will not be here considered further than may be requisite to illustrate the manner in which violent death occurs. A violent death is either accidental or criminal; and the criminal act was committed by the deceased, or by another.
Death, () The subject will be considered, 1. As it relates to medical jurisprudence; and, 2. With regard to its effects upon the rights of persons.
Death, () It is the office of medical jurisprudence, by the light and information which it can bestow, to aid in the detection of crimes against the persons of others, in order to subject them to the punishment which is awarded by the criminal law. Medical men are very frequently called upon to make examinations of the bodies of persons. who have been found dead, for the purpose of ascertaining the causes of their death. When it is recollected that the honor, the fortune, and even the life of the citizen, as well as the distribution of impartial justice, frequently depend on these examinations, one cannot but be struck at the responsibility which rests upon such medical men, particularly when the numerous qualities which are indispensably requisite to form a correct judgment, are considered. In order to form a correct opinion, the physician must be not only skilled in his art, but he must have made such examinations his special study. A man may be an enlightened physician, and yet he may find it exceedingly difficult to resolve, properly, the grave and almost always complicated questions which arise in cases of this kind. Judiciary annals, unfortunately, afford but too many examples of the fatal mistakes made by physicians, and others, when considering cases of violent deaths.
Death, () In the examination of bodies of persons who have come to a violent death, every precaution should be taken to ascertain the situation of the place where the body was found; as to whether the ground appears to have been disturbed from its natural condition; whether there are any marks of footsteps, their size, their number, the direction to which they lead, and whence they came - whether any traces of blood or hair can be found - and whether any, and what weapons or instruments, which could have caused death, are found in the vicinity; and these instruments should be carefully preserved so that they may be identified. A case or two may here be mentioned, to show the importance of examining the ground in order to ascertain the facts. Mr. Jeffries was murdered at Walthamstow, in England, in 1751, by his niece and servant. The perpetrators were suspected from the single circumstance that the dew on the ground surrounding the house had not been disturbed on the morning of the murder. Mr. Taylor, of Hornsey, was murdered in December, 1818, and his body thrown into the river. It was evident he, had not gone into the river willingly, as the hands were found clenched and contained grass, which, in the struggle, he had torn from the bank. The marks of footsteps, particularly in the snow, have been found, not unfrequently, to correspond with the shoes or feet of suspected persons, and led to their detection. Paris, Med. Jur. vol. iii. p. 38, 41.
Death, () In the survey of the body the following rules should be observed: 1. It should be as thoroughly examined as possible without changing its position or that of any of the limbs; this is particularly desirable when, from appearances, the death has been caused by a wound, because by moving it, the altitude of the extremities may be altered, or the state of a fracture or luxation changed; for the internal parts vary in their position with one another, according to the general position of the body. When it is requisite to remove it, it should be done with great caution. 2. The clothes should be removed, as far as necessary, and it should be noted what compresses or bandages (if any) are applied to particular parts, and to what extent. 3. The color of the skin, the temperature of the body, the rigidity or flexibility of the extremities, the state of the eyes, and of the sphincter muscles, noting at the same time whatever swellings, ecchymosis, or livid, black, or yellow spots, wounds, ulcer, contusion, fracture, or luxation may be present. The fluids from the nose, mouth, ears, sexual organs, &c., should be examined; and, when the deceased is a female, it may be proper to examine the sexual organs with care, in order to ascertain whether before death she was ravished or not. 1 Briand, Med. Leg. 2eme partio, ch. 1, art. 3, n. 5, p. 318. 4. The clothes of the deceased should be carefully examined, and if parts are torn or defaced, this fact should be noted. A list should also be made of the articles found on the body, and of their state or condition, as whether the purse of the deceased had been opened; whether he had any money, &c. 5. The state of the body as to decomposition should be, particularly stated, as by this it may sometimes be ascertained when the death took place; experience proves that in general after the expiration of fourteen days After death, decomposition has so far advanced, that identity cannot be ascertained, excepting in some strongly developed peculiarity; but in a drowned body, adipocire is not produced until five or six weeks after death but this depends upon circumstance's, and varies according to climate, season, &c. It is exceedingly important, however to keep this fact in view in some judicial inquiries relative to the time of death. 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 443. A memorandum should be made of all the facts as they are ascertained when possible, it should be made on the ground, but when this cannot be done, as when chemical experiments are to be made, or the body is to be dissected, they should be made in the place where these operations are performed. 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 5; Dr. Gordon Smith, 505; Ryan's Med. Jur. 145; Dr. Male's Elem. of Judicial and For. Med. 101; 3 Paris & Fonbl. Med. Jur. 23 to 25; Vilanova Y Manes, Materia Criminal Forense, Obs. 11, cap. 7, n. 7; Trebuchet, Medecine Legale, 12, et seq; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. 2eme partie, ch. 1, art. 5. Vide article Circumstances.
Death, () In examining the law as to the effect which death has upon the rights of others, it will be proper to consider, 1. What is the presumption of life or death. 2. The effects of a man's death.
Death, () It is a general rule, that persons who are proved to have been living, will be presumed to be alive till the contrary is proved and when the issue is upon the death of a person, the proof of the fact lies upon the party who asserts the death. 2 East, 312; 2 Rolle's R. 461. But when a person has been absent for a long time, unheard from, the law will presume him to be dead. It has been adjudged, that after twenty-seven years 3 Bro. C. C. 510; twenty years in another case; sixteen years; 5 Ves. 458; fourteen years; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 390 twelve years; 18 John. R. 141; seven years; 6 East, 80, 85; and even five years Finch's R. 419; the presumption of death arises. It seems that even seven years has been agreed as the time when death may in general be presumed. 1 Phil. Ev. 159. See 24 Wend. R. 221; 4 Whart. R. 173. By the civil law, if any woman marry again without certain intelligence of the death of her husband, how long soever otherwise her husband be absent from her, both she and he who married her shall be punished as adulterers. Authentics, 8th Coll.; Ridley's View of the Civ. and Ecc. Law, 82.
Death, () The survivorship of two or more is to be proved by facts, and not by any settled legal rule, or prescribed presumption. 5 B. Adolp. 91; 27 E. C. L. R. 45; Cro. Eliz. 503 Bac. Ab. Execution D; 2 Phillim. 261; 1 Mer. R. 308; 3 Hagg. Eccl. R. 748; But see 1 Yo. & Coll. C. N. 121; 1 Curt. R. 405, 406, 429. In the following cases, no presumption of survivorship was held to arise; where two men, the father and son, were hanged about the same time, and one was seen to struggle a little longer than the other; Cor. Eliz. 503; in the case of General Stanwix, who perished at sea in the same vessel with his daughter; 1 Bl. R. 610; and in the case of Taylor and his wife, who also perished by being wrecked at sea with her, to whom he had bequeathed the principal part of his fortune. 2 Phillim. R. 261; S. C. 1 Eng. Eccl. R. 250. Vide Fearne on Rem. iv.; Poth. Obl. by Evans, vol. ii., p. 345; 1 Beck's Med. Jur. 487 to 502. The Code Civil of France has provided for most, perhaps all possible cases, art. 720, 721 and 722. The provisions have been transcribed in the Civil Code of Louisiana, in these words:
Death, () Art. 930. If several persons respectively entitled to inherit from one another, happen to perish in the same event, such as a wreck, a battle, or a conflagration, without any possibility of ascertaining who died first, the presumption of survivorship is determined by the circumstances of the fact.
Death, () Art. 931. lu defect of the circumstances of the fact, the determination must be guided by the probabilities resulting from the strength, ages, and difference of sex, according to the following rules.
Death, () Art. 932. If those who have perished together were under the age of fifteen years, the eldest shall be presumed to have survived. If both were of the age of sixty-years, the youngest shall be presumed to have survived. If some were under fifteen years, and some above sixty, the first shall be presumed to have survived.
Death, () Art. 933. If those who perished together, were above the age of fifteen years, and under sixty, the male must be presumed to have survived, where there was an equality of age, or a difference of less than one year. If they were of the same sex, the presumption of survivorship, by which the succession becomes open in the order of nature, must be admitted; thus the younger must be presumed to have survived the elder.
Death, () The death of a man, as to its effects on others, may be considered with regard, 1. To his contracts. 2. Torts committed by or against him. 3. The disposition of his estate; and, 4. To the liability or discharge of his bail.
Death, () The contracts of a deceased person are in general not affected by his death, and his executors or administrators are required to fulfill his engagements, and may enforce those in his favor. But to this general rule there are some exceptions; some contracts are either by the terms employed in making them, or by implication of law, to continue only during the life of the contracting party. Among these may be mentioned the following cases: 1. The contract of marriage. 2. The partnership of individuals. The contract of partnership is dissolved by death, unless otherwise provided for. Indeed the partnership will be dissolved by the death of one or more of the partners, and its effects upon the other partners or third persons will be the same, whether they have notice of the death or otherwise. 3 Mer. R. 593; Story, Partn. Sec. 319, 336, 343; Colly. Partn. 71; 2 Bell's Com. 639, 5th ed.; 3 Kent, Com. 56, 4th ed.; Gow, Partn. 351; 1 Molloy, R. 465; 15 Ves. 218; S. C. 2 Russ. R. 325.; 3. Contracts which are altogether personal; as, for example, where the deceased had agreed to accompany the other party to the contract, on a journey, or to serve another; Poth. Ob. P. 3, c. 7, a. 3, Sec. 2 and 3; or to instruct an apprentice. Bac. Ab. Executor, P; 1 Burn's Just. 82, 3; Hamm. on Part. 157; 1 Rawle's R. 61.
Death, () The death of either a constituent or of an attorney puts an end to the power of attorney. To recall such power two things are necessary; 1st. The will or intention to recall; and, 2d. Special notice or general authority. Death is a sufficient recall of such power, answering both requisites. Either it is, according to one hypothesis, the intended termination of the authority or, according to the other, the cessation of that will, the existence of which is requisite to the existence of the attorney's power; while on either supposition, the event is, or is supposed to be, notorious. But exceptions are admitted where the death is unknown, and the authority, in the meanwhile, is in action, and relied on. 3 T. R. 215; Poth; Ob. n. 448.
Death, () In general, when the tort feasor or the party who has received the injury dies, the action for the recovery of the damages dies with him; but when the deceased might have waived the tort, and maintained assumpsit against the defendant, his personal representative may do the same thing. See the article Actio Personalis moriturcum persona, where this subject is more fully examined. When a person accused and guilty of crime dies before trial, no proceedings can be had against his representatives or his estate.
Death, () By the death of a person seised of real estate, or possessed of personal property at the time of his death; his property vests when he has made his will, as he has directed by that instrument; but when he dies intestate, his real estate vests in his heirs at law by descent, and his personal property, whether in possession or in action, belongs to his executors or administrators.
Death, () The death of a defendant discharges the special bail. Tidd, Pr. 243; but when he dies after the return of the ca. sa., and before it is filed, the bail are fixed. 6 T. R. 284; 5 Binn. R. 332, 338; 2 Mass. R. 485; 1 N. H. Rep. 172; 12 Wheat. 604; 4 John. R. 407; 3 McCord, R. 49; 4 Pick. R. 120; 4 N. H. Rep. 29.
Death, () Death is also divided into natural and civil.
Death, () Natural death is the cessation of life.
Death, () Civil death is the state of a person who, though possessing natural life, has lost all his civil rights, and, as to them, is considered as dead. A person convicted and attainted of felony, and sentenced to the state prison for life, is, in the state of New York, in consequence of the act of 29th of March, 1799, and by virtue of the conviction and sentence of imprisonment for life, to be considered as civilly dead. 6 Johns. C R. 118; 4 Johns. C. R. 228, 260; Laws of N. Y. Sess. 24, ch. 49, s. 29, 30, 31; 1 N. R. L. 157, 164; Co. Litt. 130, a; 3 Inst. 215; 1 Bl. Com. 132, 133; 4 Bl. Com. 332; 4 Vin. Ab. 152. See. Code Civ. art. 22 a 25; 1 Toull. n. 280 and p. 254, 5, note; also, pp. 243-5, n. 272; 1 Malleville's Discussion of the Code Civil, 45, 49, 51, 57. Biret, Vocab. au mot Effigie.
Death, () Death of a partner. The following effects follow the death of a partner, namely: 1. The partnership is dissolved, unless otherwise provided for by the articles of partnership. Gow's Partn. 429. 2. The representatives of the deceased partner become tenants in common with the survivor in all partnership effects in possession. 3. Choses in action so far survive that the right to reduce them into possession vests exclusively in the survivor. 4. When recovered, the representatives of the deceased partner have, in, equity, the same right of sharing and participating in them that their testator or intestate would have had had he been living. 5. It is the duty and the right of the surviving partner to settle the affairs of the firm, for which he is not allowed any compensation. 6. The surviving partner is alone to be sued at law for debts of the firm, yet recourse can be had in equity against the assets of the deceased debtor. Gow's Partn. 460. Vide Capital Crime; Dissolution; Firm; Partners; Partnership; Punishment. See, generally, Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Deathbed (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.
That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. -- Thackeray.
Deathbed (n.) The last few hours before death.
Deathbed (n.) The bed on which a person dies.
Deathbird (n.) (Zool.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.
Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
The deathblow of my hope. -- Byron.
Deathblow (n.) The blow that kills (usually mercifully) [syn: deathblow, coup de grace].
Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
These eyes behold The deathful scene. -- Pope.
Deathful (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.
The deathless gods and deathful earth. -- Chapman.
Deathfulness (n.) Appearance of death. -- Jer. Taylor.
Deathless (a.) Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.
Deathless (a.) Never dying; "his undying fame" [syn: deathless, undying].
Deathlike (a.) Resembling death.
A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. -- Pope.
Deathlike (a.) Deadly. [Obs.] "Deathlike dragons." -- Shak.
Deathlike (a.) Having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" [syn: deathlike, deathly].
Deathliness (n.) The quality of being deathly; deadliness. -- Southey.
Deathly (a.) Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
Deathly (adv.) Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.
Deathly (adv.) To a degree resembling death; "he was deathly pale."
Deathly (a.) Having the physical appearance of death; "a deathly pallor" [syn: deathlike, deathly].
Deathly (a.) Causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness" [syn: deadly, deathly, mortal].
Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.
I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. -- Shak.
Death's-head moth (Zool.), A very large European moth ({Acherontia atropos), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also death's-head sphinx.
Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade ({Atropa belladonna). -- Dr. Prior.
Deathsman (n.) An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Deathward (adv.) Toward death.
Deathwatch (n.) (Zool.) 臨終的看護；守靈；死囚看守人；報死蟲；蛀木蟲（Deathwatch Beetle） 這種存在於木製家具的小蟲，它們啃食木頭的聲音也被當作是死亡的前兆。蛀木蟲啃木頭的聲音到了寂靜的夜晚會格外明顯，或許跟過去人們會徹夜守在重病的家人身邊，蛀木蟲的聲音也就被聯想至這樣的場面 A small beetle ({Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death.
Deathwatch (n.) (Zool.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.
She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. -- Addison.
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. -- Tennyson.