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Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..

Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) One who acts his part by gesticulation or dumb show only, without speaking; a pantomimist..

Dumb-bell :: Dumb-bell (n.) A weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise..

Dumbness :: Dumbness (n.) The quality or state of being dumb; muteness; silence; inability to speak.

Mute :: Mute (a.) Incapable of speaking; dumb.

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) An imperfect and faint representation; adumbration; indistinct image; dim bodying forth; hence, mystical representation; type..

Dumb :: Dumb (a.) Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds; as, the dumb brutes..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..

Sign :: Sign (n.) Hence, one of the gestures of pantomime, or of a language of a signs such as those used by the North American Indians, or those used by the deaf and dumb..

Dumfound :: Dumfound (v. t.) To strike dumb; to confuse with astonishment.

Voiceless :: Voiceless (a.) Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb..

Chorus :: Chorus (n.) An interpreter in a dumb show or play.

Digitorium :: Digitorium (n.) A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano.

Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..

Dummador :: Dummador (n.) A dumbledor.

Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.

Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.

Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Obmutescence :: Obmutescence (n.) A becoming dumb; loss of speech.

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth..

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