Vocabulary : Deadness to Deafened

Deadness : The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
Dead-pay : Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
Dead-reckoning : See under Dead, a.
Deads : The substances which inclose the ore on every side.
Dead-stroke : Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Deadwood : A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity. ;; Dead trees or branches; useless material.
Deadworks : The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.
Deaf : Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man. ;; Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason. ;; Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. ;; Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. ;; Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. ;; To deafen.
Deafen : To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. ;; To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
Deafened : of Deafen

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