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Deal tree
(gcide) | Deal \Deal\ (d[=e]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d[=ae]l; akin
to OS. d[=e]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild,
Sw. del, Goth. dails. [root]65. Cf. 3d Dole.]
1. A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time
and trouble; a deal of cold.
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Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour.
--Num. xv. 9.
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As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may
count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
--M. Arnold.
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She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
--W. Black.
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Note: It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a
thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now
obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word
with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by
being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a
great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better
by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
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2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
portion disturbed.
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The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. --Swift.
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3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]
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4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination
of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations
and political bargains. [Slang]
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5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See
Thill.] The division of a piece of timber made by
sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank
of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding
six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a
batten; if shorter, a deal end.
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Note: Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one
half inches thick.
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6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
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Deal tree, a fir tree. --Dr. Prior.
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ordeal tree
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Ordeal tree
(gcide) | Ordeal \Or"de*al\ ([^o]r"d[-e]*al), n. [AS. ord[=a]l, ord[=ae]l,
a judgment; akin to D. oordeel, G. urteil, urtheil; orig.,
what is dealt out, the prefix or- being akin to [=a]-
compounded with verbs, G. er-, ur-, Goth. us-, orig. meaning,
out. See Deal, v. & n., and cf. Arise, Ort.]
1. An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence,
by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in
Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage
tribes.
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Note: In England ordeal by fire and ordeal by water were
used, the former confined to persons of rank, the
latter to the common people. The ordeal by fire was
performed, either by handling red-hot iron, or by
walking barefoot and blindfold over red-hot plowshares,
laid at unequal distances. If the person escaped
unhurt, he was adjudged innocent; otherwise he was
condemned as guilty. The ordeal by water was performed,
either by plunging the bare arm to the elbow in boiling
water, an escape from injury being taken as proof of
innocence, or by casting the accused person, bound hand
and foot, into a river or pond, when if he floated it
was an evidence of guilt, but if he sunk he was
acquitted. It is probable that the proverbial phrase,
to go through fire and water, denoting severe trial or
danger, is derived from the ordeal. See {Wager of
battle}, under Wager.
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2. Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience.
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Ordeal bean. (Bot.) See Calabar bean, under Calabar.
Ordeal root (Bot.) the root of a species of Strychnos
growing in West Africa, used, like the ordeal bean, in
trials for witchcraft.
Ordeal tree (Bot.), a poisonous tree of Madagascar
(Tanghinia venenata syn. Cerbera venenata). Persons
suspected of crime are forced to eat the seeds of the
plumlike fruit, and criminals are put to death by being
pricked with a lance dipped in the juice of the seeds.
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ordeal tree
(wn) | ordeal tree
n 1: evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa [syn: {bushman's
poison}, ordeal tree, Acocanthera oppositifolia,
Acocanthera venenata] |
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