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Definition of Deaf-and-dumb
1. Adjective. Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deaf-and-dumb
Literary usage of Deaf-and-dumb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"In the 24 families with both parents congenital deaf mutes there were children,
of whom 17 were deaf and dumb, or about one-third of the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Succeeding in this attempt, he resolved to devote himself to the education of
the deaf and dumb, and founded a school for their instruction at his own ..."
3. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"On application of portion of school fund to Institution for Deaf and Dumb. (Govs.
mess. 1819.) 1819-1882. Expenditures on acct. of NY Institution for Deaf ..."
4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1855)
"By DATID Burrow, ESQ., Principal of the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb.
[Read before the Statistical Section of the British Association for the ..."
5. The Law of Contracts by William Herbert Page (1920)
"When the common law was taking shape, no means existed for giving scientific
instruction to the deaf and dumb or to the blind. There was a strong feeling ..."
6. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1911)
"A HISTORY OF THE COLUMBIA INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.* EARLY in the year
1856 a man came to Washington from New York with the purpose of establishing ..."
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