dead flat (dedflat)

In ship - building, the greatest transverse section of a ship. Also called midship bend. tract. IMG:content-2101.png:[blocks in formation] Field's Grammar of Colouring (ed. Davidson), p. 170. dead-dayt, n. See death - day . dead-dipping (ded'diping), n. The proce of giving, by the action of an acid, a dead pale yellow color to bra . Weale .