deadoil (dedoil)

A name given in the arts to those products, consisting of carbolic acid, naphthalin, etc. etc., obtained in the distillation of coal-tar, which are heavier than water and which come off at a temperature of about 340° F. or over. Also called heavy oil. dead-payt (ded'pā), n. Continued pay dishonestly drawn for soldiers and sailors actually dead; a person in whose name pay is so drawn. [Eng.] O you commanders That, like me, have no dead - pays . Mas singer, Unnatural Combat, iv. 2. The deadly - handed Clifford slew my steed. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., v. 2.