Deadening () of Deaden

Deaden () To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.

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

Deaden () To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

Deaden () To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Deadener () One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

Dead-eye () A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.

Deadhead () One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.

Deadhead () A buoy. See under Dead, a.

Dead-hearted () Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.

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

Deadish () Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

Deadlatch () A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

Deadlight () A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

Deadlihood () State of the dead.

Deadliness () The quality of being deadly.

Deadlock () A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

Deadlock () A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

Deadly () Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

Deadly () Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.

Deadly () Subject to death; mortal.

Deadly () In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.

Deadly () In a manner to occasion death; mortally.

Deadly () In an implacable manner; destructively.

Deadly () Extremely.

Deadness () The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

Dead-pay () Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.

Dead-reckoning () See under Dead, a.

Deads () The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

Dead-stroke () Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Deadwood () A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Deadwood () Dead trees or branches; useless material.

Deadworks () The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

Deaf () Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

Deaf () Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.

Deaf () Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

Deaf () Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

Deaf () Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.

Deaf () To deafen.

Deafened () of Deafen

Deafening () of Deafen

Deafen () To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Deafen () To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

Deafening () 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.

Deafly () Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

Deafly () Lonely; solitary.

Deaf-mute () 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.

Deaf-mutism () The condition of being a deaf-mute.

Deafness () Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

Deafness () Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding.

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