Lexic.us

Definition of Deadwood

1. Noun. A branch or a part of a tree that is dead.

2. Noun. Someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded.

Definition of Deadwood

1. n. A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Definition of Deadwood

1. Noun. coarse woody debris ¹

2. Noun. people judged to be superfluous to an organization or project ¹

3. Noun. money not realized by exiting a winning pump trade too early ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deadwood

1. a reinforcement in a ship's keel [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deadwood

1. 1. A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity. 2. Dead trees or branches; useless material. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deadwood

deadrise deadrises deads deadset deadstick deadstick landing deadsticked deadsticking deadsticks deadstock

deadtime deadtimes deadweight deadweight ton deadweights deadwood (current term) deadwoods deadworks deae-cellulose deae-dextran

deae ex machinis deaerate deaerated deaerates deaerating deaeration deaerations deaerator deaerators deaf

Literary usage of Deadwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On the Border with Crook by John Gregory Bourke (1892)
"TO AND THROUGH THE BLACK HILLS—HOW deadwood LOOKED IN 1876—THE deadwood "ACADEMY ... By resolution of the deadwood Council, a committee, consisting of the ..."

2. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury (1915)
"The governor reached deadwood October 5th, about ten days after the fire, ... The rebuilding of deadwood was not accomplished as rapidly as was its ..."

3. Bulletin by Mysore Geologists' Association (1918)
"The rocks of the Lead-deadwood area of importance in connection with the tungsten deposits consist of a folded and metamorphosed series of sedimentary and ..."

4. Renewing the United Nations System by Erskine Childers (1999)
"THE ISSUE OF 'deadwood AND MEDIOCRITY' Constant talk about 'deadwood', 'mediocrity', 'bloated bureaucracy', etc., does not promote optimism about any ..."

5. The Black Hills Souvenir: A Pictorial and Historic Description of the Black by John I. Sanford (1902)
"Gold was found in small quantities in Whitewood gulch, below the present site of the city of deadwood, and in the beginning of 1876 a town was organized at ..."

6. Rudiments of Naval Architecture: Or, An Exposition of the Elementary by James Peake (1849)
"deadwood. THE extremes of the ship, or the fore and after ends of her, having a form given to them that causes the floors' timbers gradually to become more ..."

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