4. Extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man." Arbuthnot.
Dead"ness, n. The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.
Dead"-pay` (?), n. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
O you commanders,
That, like me, have no dead-pays.
Massinger.
Dead"-reck`on*ing (?), n. (Naut.) See under Dead, a.
Deads (?), n. pl. (Mining) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.
Dead"-stroke` (?), a. (Mech.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.
Dead"wood` (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.