·noun A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.
·noun The dung of birds. II. Mute ·adj Incapable of speaking; dumb. III. Mute ·adj Not speaking; u...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An undertaker's servant, who stands at the door of a person lying in state: so named from being supp...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·adj Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. II. Deaf ·vt To <<Deafen>>. III. Deaf ·adj Deprived of th...
·noun ·see Moot-hill. ...
·noun The condition of being a deaf-mute. ...
·adj As deaf as a stone; completely deaf. ...
a nut whose kernel is decayed. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Said of one who does not readily catch an order given. Thus at sea the main-mast is synonymous with ...
The Sailor's Word-Book