To be death for, or go one's death for a thing, is to be in favor of it or pursue it to the last extremity.
I'm death for the 'Mug,' Mr. Bloater.--Mathews, Puffer Hopkins.
·vi Danger of death. II. Death ·vi Cause of loss of life. III. Death ·vi Loss of spiritual life. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
May be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Sc...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
or money boats. So termed from the risk in such frail craft. They were very long, very narrow, an...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century. ...
The miserable fate of the wicked in hell (Matt. 25:46; Mark 3:29; Heb. 6:2; 2 Thess. 1:9; Matt. 18:8...
An undertaker, one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals. See carrion hunter. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A law-term for the starting of a butt end, or springing a fatal leak. A ship had received her death-...