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Deadborn :: Deadborn (a.) Stillborn.

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

Posthumous :: Posthumous (a.) Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

Undeadly :: Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.

Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..

Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..

Deadliness :: Deadliness (n.) The quality of being deadly.

Dead :: Dead (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle..

Relict :: Relict (n.) A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..

Deads :: Deads (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..

Wake :: Wake (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body..

Remain :: Remain (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's.

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..

Vespillo :: Vespillo (n.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

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