Part 2778

<hw>Dead"-pay`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.</def>

<blockquote>O you commanders, That, like me, have no <b>dead-pays</b>. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Dead"-reck`on*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See under <er>Dead</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Deads</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Deads</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The substances which inclose the ore on every side.</def>

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

<hw>Dead"-stroke`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.</def>

<cs><col>Dead-stroke hammer</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deadwood</h1> <Xpage=372>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Dead trees or branches; useless material.</def> <-- unproductive workers! -->

<h1>Deadworks</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dead"works`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.</def>

<h1>Deaf</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Deaf</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>def</ets>, <ets>deaf</ets>, <ets>deef</ets>, AS. <ets>de\'a0f</ets>; akin to D. <ets>doof</ets>, G. <ets>taub</ets>, Icel. <ets>daufr</ets>, Dan. <ets>d\'94v</ets>, Sw. <ets>d\'94f</ets>, Goth. <ets>daubs</ets>, and prob. to E. <ets>dumb</ets> (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. <?/ (for <?/) blind, <?/ smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. <ets>toben</ets> to rage. Cf. <er>Dum</er>b.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; <as>as, a <ex>deaf</ex> man</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Come on my right hand, for this ear is <b>deaf</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with <i>to</i>; <as>as, <ex>deaf</ex> to reason</as>.</def>

<blockquote>O, that men's ears should be To counsel <b>deaf</b>, but not to flattery! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.</def>

<blockquote><b>Deaf</b> with the noise, I took my hasty flight. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A <b>deaf</b> murmur through the squadron went. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Decayed; tasteless; dead; <as>as, a <ex>deaf</ex> nut; <ex>deaf</ex> corn.</as></def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<blockquote>If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be <b>deaf</b>, void, light, and naught. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>