deadrope (dedrop)

Naut., a rope which does not run in any block. [Rare.] Dead Sea apple. See apple. dead-set (ded's et'), n. and a. I. n. 1. The fixed position of a dog in pointing game.-2. A determined effort or attempt; a pointed attack: as, to make a dead - set in a game.-3. Opposition; resolute antagonism; hostility: as, it was a dead - set between them. Bartlett. - 4. A concocted scheme to defraud a person in gaming. Grose, Slang Dict. [Slang.] II. a . Extremely desirous of, or determined to get or to do, something: generally with on or upon .