Part 2777

<h1>Deadliness</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"li*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being deadly.</def>

<h1>Deadlock</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"lock`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.</def>

<blockquote>Things are at a <b>deadlock</b>. <i>London Times.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Board is much more likely to be at a <b>deadlock</b> of two to two. <i>The Century.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deadly</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; <as>as, a <ex>deadly</ex> blow or wound</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; <as>as, <ex>deadly</ex> enemies</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and <b>deadly</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Subject to death; mortal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The image of a <b>deadly</b> man. <i>Wyclif (Rom. i. 23).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Deadly nightshade</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under <er>Nightshade</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deadly</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.</def> "<i>Deadly</i> pale."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>In a manner to occasion death; mortally.</def>

<blockquote>The groanings of a <b>deadly</b> wounded man. <i>Ezek. xxx. 24.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In an implacable manner; destructively.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Extremely.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Deadly</i> weary." <i>Orrery</i>. "So <i>deadly</i> cunning a man."

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Deadness</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; <as>as, the <ex>deadness</ex> of a limb, a body, or a tree; the <ex>deadness</ex> of an eye; <ex>deadness</ex> of the affections; the <ex>deadness</ex> of beer or cider; <ex>deadness</ex> to the world, and the like.</as></def>

<h1>Dead-pay</h1> <Xpage=372>