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Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Feral :: Feral (a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.

Stum :: Stum (n.) Unfermented grape juice or wine, often used to raise fermentation in dead or vapid wines; must..

Wanness :: Wanness (n.) The quality or state of being wan; a sallow, dead, pale color; paleness; pallor; as, the wanness of the cheeks after a fever..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..

Charnel :: Charnel (a.) Containing the bodies of the dead.

Amortization :: Amortization (n.) The act or right of alienating lands to a corporation, which was considered formerly as transferring them to dead hands, or in mortmain..

Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.

Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..

Barrow :: Barrow (n.) A large mound of earth or stones over the remains of the dead; a tumulus.

Cemetery :: Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

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

Deadhouse :: Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Dead :: Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.

Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..

Obituary :: Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead..

Slough :: Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..

Rest :: Rest (n.) To sleep; to slumber; hence, poetically, to be dead..

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