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Employee riding on a pass; any nonpaying passenger. Also fireman's derisive term for head brakeman who rides engine cab. Also a locomotive being hauled "dead" on a train
Dead eye is British slang for the anus.
Dead to rights is American slang for certainly.
Deadleg is British slang for a feeble, lazy or disappointing person.
Deadshit is Australian slang for a contemptible person.
Dead eye Dick is British slang for a male homosexual.
Deadass is American slang for a very boring, feeble or stupid person.
Method of righting an overturned engine or car. A six-foot hole is dug about forty feet from the engine or car, long enough to hold a large solid-oak plank. A trench is then dug up to the engine and heavy ropes laid in it, with a four-sheave block, or pulley, at the lower end of the engine and a three-sheave block at the top of the boiler. Chains are fastened to the underside of the engine and hooked to the three-sheave block. The free end of the rope is then hooked to the drawbar of a road engine. The hole is filled-packed hard to hold the "dead man" down against the coming pull. When the engine moves up the track she pulls ropes over the top of the boiler of the overturned locomotive on the chains that are fastened to the lower part, rolling the engine over sidewise and onto her wheels again
is defined by Webster as "one who persistently fails to pay his debts or way." The word was coined in the late 1800's when railroad workers noticed that loaded freight cars made a different beat over the track-joints than cars that weren't carrying a load. The empty cars made a "dead beat" which meant they weren't paying their way. By the beginning of the 20th century "deadbeat" came to encompassed people who failed to carry their share of the load also.
Dead from the neck up is British slang for stupid.
Dead loss is London Cockney rhyming slang for boss.
Dead rabbit is British slang for an impotent penis.
Deadhead is slang for a very stupid, lifeless, boring person. Deadhead is slang for a fan of the rock group 'The Grateful Dead'.Deadhead is American slang for to drive a vehicle empty or without passengers.
Dead president is Black−American slang for paper money
Dead weight is British slang for a member of a team or workforce who is not needed, or is useless.
Deadlegs is British military slang for a cripple or someone who refuses to get out of bed.
Dead soldier is slang for an empty bottle of alcohol. Dead soldier is American slang for leftovers.
Deadbeat is slang for a poor or homeless person. Deadbeat is slang for a poor scrounger.Deadbeat is slang for a worthless or stupid person.
Throttle that requires pressure of operator's hand or foot to prevent power shut-off and application of brakes. An engine so equipped would stop instantly if the operator fell dead. Also called dead man's button
Dead meat is slang for a person who is dead, about to die or inevitably doomed.
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Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
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A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.
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Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
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State of the dead.
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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.
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As dead as a stone.
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To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
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One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
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A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
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Dead trees or branches; useless material.
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Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
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Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
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To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
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Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
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of Deaden
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The quality of being deadly.
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To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
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A buoy. See under Dead, a.
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