dead thraw

The death agony, the death dead-top, s. A disease which sometimes befalls young trees. dead-use, s. Law: A future use. dead-wall, 8. 1. A blank wall, unrelieved by windows or other openings. scrawled upon every dead wall."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv. 2. [DEADENING, C. II. 1.] dead-water, s. Naut .: The eddy water immediately at the stern of a ship while under way. dead-weight, s. I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: The weight of the vehicle of any kind: that which must be transported in addition to the load. 2. Fig .: A heavy burden or weight. II. Naut .: A cargo which pays freight according to its weight, not its bulk.