DECK, verb transitive 1. Primarily, to cover; to overspread; to put on. Hence, 2. To clothe; to dress the person; but usually, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. The dew with spangles decked the ground. 3. To furnish with a deck as a vessel. DECK, noun 1. The covering of a ship, which constitutes a floor, made of timbers and planks. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. A flush deck is a continued floor from stem to stern, on one line. 2. A pack of cards piled regularly on each other.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI