Deadlock

A lock having no spring-catch. - A complete stand-still caused by some obstruction or counteracting influence; as, matters are at a dead - lock. tal; fatal; destructive. "Shot from the deadly level of a gun." - Shaks. -Sanguinary; murderous; implacable; as, a deadly wrong. Dea'conhood, n. Office of a deacon; deaconship. Dea'conry, Dea'conship, n. Office, dignity, or "The Numidians are deadly enemies unto the Turks." - Knolles. ministry of a deacon. -adv. In a deadly manner; mortally; as, "a deadly Dayton, in Maryland , a post-office of Howard co. Dayton, in Michigan , a post-village of Berrien co., abt. Dead, ( ded ,) a. [A. S. dead ; Ger. todt ; Goth. dauths. wounded man." - Ezek . xxx. 24. IMG:content-0525.png:[blocks in formation] Dayton, in Mi ouri , a post-village of Ca co., abt. 50 m. S.S.E. of Kansas City. Dayton, in Nebraska , a village of Nemaha co., on the Little Nemaha river, about 18 m. S.S. W. of Nebraska City. Dayton, in Nevada , a post-town, cap. of Lyon co., on the Carson River, 12 m. E. S. E. of Virginia City. See DIE.] Deprived of life; exanimated; put to death; - In a manner resembling death; as, deadly pale. reduced to a defunct state; as, dead matter. - In a "So coldly sweet, so deadly fair." - Byron . out apparent sense or vitality; breathle ; as, a dead Dead'ly-carrot, n. ( Bot . ) See THAPSIA. sleep.- Perfectly still; motionle ; inactive; as, a dead Deadly-nightshade, n. ( Bot .) The Atropa Bella- tive Church. The order has been abolished in the Latin Church since the 11th century. calm. "They cannot bear the dead weight of unemployed time."- Locke . -Empty; vacant; unemployed; usele ; unprofitable; unproductive; as dead stock in trade. - Dull; gloomy; without animation; frigid; obtuse; spiritle ; tastele ; as, a dead color, a dead liquor. - Unvaried; heavy to the sight; without change; monotonous; as, a dead wall. - Perfect; complete; unerring, sure as death; as, a dead shot. -ade. Thoroughly; completely; entirely; - used col- loquially; as, to be dead tired. -n. State of the dead, or death; the time when there is a deathlike stillne , or a deep gloom; depth, as in the midst of winter, or of night. -( pl .) Persons who are defunct; those no longer living: the departed. Dead-ahead. ( Naut .) Directly in front; heading; as, a wind dead-ahead. Dead-born, Born lifele ; still-born; as, a dead- born infant. "All, all but truth, drops dead-born from the pre ." - Pope. Dead Color, n. (Paint.) A color is said to be dead when it has no glo upon it; this is generally effected by the use of le oil and more turpentine than in ord i- nary paints. donna. See ATROPA.