·noun Distribution; apportionment.
II. Deal ·noun Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
III. Deal ·noun The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
IV. Deal ·vi To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
V. Deal ·vi To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to Treat.
VI. Deal ·vi To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with.
VII. Deal ·noun Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
VIII. Deal ·noun An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties;
— applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
IX. Deal ·vi To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to Manage; to make arrangements;
— followed by between or with.
X. Deal ·noun A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
XI. Deal ·noun To Divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to Distribute; to bestow successively;
— sometimes with out.
XII. Deal ·vi To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to Traffic; to Trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.
XIII. Deal ·noun The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end.