Vocabulary : Deaconship to Dead-eye

Deaconship : The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
Dead : Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. ;; Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. ;; Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep. ;; Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. ;; So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor. ;; Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade. ;; Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc. ;; Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. ;; Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty. ;; Bringing death; deadly. ;; Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. ;; Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this
Dead beat : See Beat, n., 7.
Deadbeat : Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
Deadborn : Stillborn.

Deaden : To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound. ;; To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway. ;; To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine. ;; To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size. ;; To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.
Deadened : of Deaden
Deadener : One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
Deadening : of Deaden
Dead-eye : A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.

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