deck (dek)

t. [ They deck it [an image] with silver and gold. Jer. x. 4. Whether to deck with clouds the uncolour'd sky, Or wet the thirsty earth with falling showers. Milton , P. L., v. 189. The dew with spangles decked the ground. Dryden. When, with new force, she aids her conquering eyes, And beauty decks with all that beauty buys. Crabbe. 2. Naut., to furnish with or as with a deck, as a ve el. At last it was concluded to decke their long boat with their ship hatches. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's True Travels, II. 122. 3. In mining, to load or unload (the cars or tubs) upon the cage.-4. [Cf. deck, n., 5.] To discard. Grose.=Syn. 1. Ornament, Decorate, etc. See adorn. See also list under decorate.