DEAD-HEARTEDNESS, noun Having a dull, faint heart. DEAD'-LIFT, noun A heavy weight; a hopeless exigency. DEAD'-LIGHT, noun ded'-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin window, in which it is fixed, to prevent the water from entering a ship in a storm.
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