Dummy

·noun One who is dumb.

II. Dummy ·noun A thick-witted person; a dolt.

III. Dummy ·noun A floating barge connected with a pier.

IV. Dummy ·adj Silent; mute; noiseless; as a dummy engine.

V. Dummy ·adj Fictitious or sham; feigned; as, a dummy watch.

VI. Dummy ·noun One who plays a merely nominal part in any action; a sham character.

VII. Dummy ·noun The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.

VIII. Dummy ·noun A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

IX. Dummy ·noun A locomotive with condensing engines, and, hence, without the noise of escaping steam; also, a dummy car.

X. Dummy ·noun An imitation or copy of something, to be used as a substitute; a model; a lay figure; as, a figure on which clothing is exhibited in shop windows; a blank paper copy used to show the size of the future book, ·etc.