Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Dead plate} (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire
      grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part.
      

   {Dead pledge}, a mortgage. See {Mortgage}.

   {Dead point}. (Mach.) See {Dead center}.

   {Dead reckoning} (Naut.), the method of determining the place
      of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as
      given by compass, and the distance made on each course as
      found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the
      aid of celestial observations.

   {Dead rise}, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's
      floor.

   {Dead rising}, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to
      determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the
      ship's length.

   {Dead-Sea apple}. See under {Apple}.

   {Dead set}. See under {Set}.

   {Dead shot}.
       (a) An unerring marksman.
       (b) A shot certain to be made.

   {Dead smooth}, the finest cut made; -- said of files.

   {Dead wall} (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or
      other openings.

   {Dead water} (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a
      ship's stern when sailing.

   {Dead weight}.
       (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. --Dryden.
       (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy
           goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo.
       (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live
           weight being the load. --Knight.

   {Dead wind} (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the
      ship's course.

   {To be dead}, to die. [Obs.]

            I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.

   Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See {Lifeless}.