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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Railroad)</fld> <def>The roof of a passenger car.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A pack or set of playing cards.</def>

<blockquote>The king was slyly fingered from the <b>deck</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A heap or store.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the <b>deck</b>. <i>Massinger.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Between decks</col>. <cd>See under <er>Between</er>.</cd> -- <col>Deck bridge</col> <fld>(Railroad Engineering)</fld>, <cd>a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a <i>through bridge<i>, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.</cd> -- <col>Deck curb</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a curb supporting a deck in roof construction.</cd> -- <col>Deck floor</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony.</cd> -- <col>Deck hand</col>, <cd>a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft.</cd> -- <col>Deck molding</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof.</cd> -- <col>Deck roof</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls.</cd> -- <col>Deck transom</col> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld>, <cd>the transom into which the deck is framed.</cd> -- <col>To clear the decks</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action.</cd> -- <col>To sweep the deck</col> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld>, <cd>to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.</cd></cs>

<h1>Deckel</h1> <Xpage=376>

<hw>Deck"el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Paper Making)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Deckle</er>.</def>

<h1>Decker</h1> <Xpage=376>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; <as>as, a table <ex>decker</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; <as>as, a single-<ex>decker</ex>; a three-<ex>decker</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Deckle</h1> <Xpage=376>

<hw>Dec"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>deckel</ets> cover, lid.]</ety> <fld>(Paper Making)</fld> <def>A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>deckel</asp>, and <asp>deckle</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Declaim</h1> <Xpage=376>

<hw>De*claim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Declaimed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Declaiming</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>declamare</ets>; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>clamare</ets> to cry out: cf. F. <ets>d\'82clamer</ets>. See <er>Claim</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; <as>as, the students <ex>declaim</ex> twice a week</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.</def>

<blockquote>Grenville seized the opportunity to <b>declaim</b> on the repeal of the stamp act. <i>Bancroft.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Declaim</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*claim"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Declaims</i> his cause."

<i>South.</i>

<h1>Declaimant</h1> <Xpage=377>

<hw>De*claim"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A declaimer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Declaimer</h1> <Xpage=377>