DEAF
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Deaf (dĕf or d&ē;f; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. deáf; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d&ö;v, Sw. d&ö;f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. tyflo`s (for qyflo`s) blind, ty^fos smoke, vapor, folly, and to G. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.] 1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
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Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf.
Shak.
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2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
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O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
Shak.
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3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
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Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight.
Dryden.
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4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]
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A deaf murmur through the squadron went.
Dryden.
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5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught.
Holland.
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Deaf (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] Dryden.
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