What is still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight called?
dead — Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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