Part 2781

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by <i>between</i> or <i>with</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Sometimes he that <b>deals</b> between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.</def>

<blockquote>If he will <b>deal</b> clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; <as>as, he has turbulent passions to <ex>deal</ex> with</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To deal by</col>, <cd>to treat, either well or ill; as, to <i>deal<i> well <i>by<i> servants. "Such an one <i>deals<i> not fairly <i>by<i> his own mind." <i>Locke</i>.</cd> -- <col>To deal in</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they <i>deal in<i> political matters.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they <i>deal in<i> fish.</cd> -- <col>To deal with</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.</cd> "<i>Dealing with<i> witches." <i>Shak</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "<b>dealt with</b> him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Return . . . and I will <b>deal</b> well <b>with</b> thee. <i>Gen. xxxii. 9.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dealbate</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>De*al"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dealbatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>dealbare</ets>. See <er>Daub</er>.]</ety> <def>To whiten.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Dealbation</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>De`al*ba"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>dealbatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>d\'82albation</ets>.]</ety> <def>Act of bleaching; a whitening.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Dealer</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Deal"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, a <ex>dealer</ex> in dry goods; a <ex>dealer</ex> in stocks; a retail <ex>dealer</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who distributes cards to the players.</def>

<h1>Dealfish</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Deal"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>deal</ets> a long, narrow plank.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (<spn>Trachypterus arcticus</spn>).</def>

<h1>Dealing</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Deal"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; <as>as, to have <ex>dealings</ex> with a person</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Double dealing</col>, <cd>insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.</cd> -- <col>Plain dealing</col>, <cd>fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dealth</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>Dealth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Share dealt.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Deambulate</h1> <Xpage=372>

<hw>De*am"bu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deambulare</ets>, <ets>deambulatum</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>ambulare</ets> to walk.]</ety> <def>To walk abroad.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Cockeram.</i>

<h1>Deambulation</h1> <Xpage=372>