DEAD
Dead, n.
1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter. When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.
2. One who is dead; — commonly used collectively. And Abraham stood up from before his dead. Gen. xxiii. 3.
DEAD
Dead, v. t.
Defn: To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
[Obs.]
Heaven's stern decree, With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me.
Chapman.
DEAD
Dead, v. i.
Defn: To die; to lose life or force. [Obs.]
So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway.
Bacon.
DEAD BEAT
Dead` beat".
Defn: See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]
DEADBEAT
Dead"beat`, a. (Physics)