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Reckoning
(gcide) | Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned
(r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS.
gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G.
rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E.
reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being,
to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]
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1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to
calculate.
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The priest shall reckon to him the money according
to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii.
18.
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I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the
outside of the church. --Addison.
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2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by
rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to
esteem; to repute.
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He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke
xxii. 37.
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For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton.
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3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a
certain quality or value.
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Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
--Rom. iv. 9.
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Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for
a crime. --Hawthorne.
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4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of
chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an
objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate,
Guess.
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Reckoning
(gcide) | Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
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reckoning
(wn) | reckoning
n 1: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn:
calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
2: a bill for an amount due [syn: reckoning, tally]
3: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order;
"the counting continued for several hours" [syn: count,
counting, numeration, enumeration, reckoning,
tally] |
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day of reckoning
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dead reckoning
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misreckoning
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overreckoning
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underreckoning
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day of reckoning
(gcide) | Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
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dead reckoning
(gcide) | Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
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Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
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He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my
lord, is dead." --Shak.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. "The ground is a dead flat." --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. "Dead in trespasses." --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
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16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.
Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.
Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.
Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting
rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a
stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
the lever L.
Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.
Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.
Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.
Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.
Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." --Morley. See
Mortmain.
Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.
Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.
Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
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.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.
Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Dead reckoning
(gcide) | Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
[1913 Webster]
He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Esteem; account; estimation.
[1913 Webster]
You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
[1913 Webster +PJC]Dead \Dead\ (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de['a]d; akin
to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. &
Dan. d["o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning
to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]
1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living;
reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of
motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their
functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my
lord, is dead." --Shak.
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The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger.
--Arbuthnot.
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Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living.
--Shak.
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2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of
life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead
calm; a dead load or weight.
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5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a
dead floor.
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6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead
capital; dead stock in trade.
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7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye;
dead fire; dead color, etc.
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8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead
wall. "The ground is a dead flat." --C. Reade.
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9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot;
a dead certainty.
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I had them a dead bargain. --Goldsmith.
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10. Bringing death; deadly. --Shak.
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11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith;
dead works. "Dead in trespasses." --Eph. ii. 1.
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12. (Paint.)
(a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has
been applied purposely to have this effect.
(b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color,
as compared with crimson.
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13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of
the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one
banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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15. (Elec.) Carrying no current, or producing no useful
effect; -- said of a conductor in a dynamo or motor, also
of a telegraph wire which has no instrument attached and,
therefore, is not in use.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
16. Out of play; regarded as out of the game; -- said of a
ball, a piece, or a player under certain conditions in
cricket, baseball, checkers, and some other games.
[In golf], a ball is said to lie dead when it lies
so near the hole that the player is certain to hole
it in the next stroke. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or
any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point
toward which a vessel would go.
Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen
or defended from behind the parapet.
Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to
serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car.
Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all.
Dead center, or Dead point (Mach.), either of two points
in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting
rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a
stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank
mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by,
the lever L.
Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it.
Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the
preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this
is usually in monochrome.
Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the
outside of the quarter-gallery door.
Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame.
Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person
who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full
cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity.
--Abbott.
Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there
is no ore.
Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person
civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." --Morley. See
Mortmain.
Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor
buoy.
Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race
horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal,
so that neither wins.
Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid
in advance. [Law]
Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in
common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as
the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.
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.]
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I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. --Chaucer.
Syn: Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.
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Dead-reckoning
(gcide) | Dead-reckoning \Dead"-reck`on*ing\, n. (Naut.)
See under Dead, a.
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Misreckoning
(gcide) | Misreckoning \Mis*reck"on*ing\, n.
An erroneous computation.
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Reckoning
(gcide) | Reckon \Reck"on\ (r[e^]k"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reckoned
(r[e^]k"'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Reckoning.] [OE. rekenen, AS.
gerecenian to explain; akin to D. rekenen to reckon, G.
rechnen, OHG. rehhan[=o]n (cf. Goth. rahnjan), and to E.
reck, rake an implement; the original sense probably being,
to bring together, count together. See Reck, v. t.]
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1. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to
calculate.
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The priest shall reckon to him the money according
to the years that remain. --Lev. xxvii.
18.
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I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the
outside of the church. --Addison.
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2. To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by
rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to
esteem; to repute.
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He was reckoned among the transgressors. --Luke
xxii. 37.
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For him I reckon not in high estate. --Milton.
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3. To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a
certain quality or value.
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Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
--Rom. iv. 9.
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Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for
a crime. --Hawthorne.
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4. To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of
chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an
objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
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Syn: To number; enumerate; compute; calculate; estimate;
value; esteem; account; repute. See Calculate,
Guess.
[1913 Webster]Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
[1913 Webster]
He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
[1913 Webster]
A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
3. Esteem; account; estimation.
[1913 Webster]
You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
[1913 Webster]
4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
[1913 Webster]
To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
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To be astern of the reckoning
(gcide) | Astern \A*stern"\, adv. [Pref. a- + stern.] (Naut.)
1. In or at the hinder part of a ship; toward the hinder
part, or stern; backward; as, to go astern.
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2. Behind a ship; in the rear. "A gale of wind right astern."
--De Foe. "Left this strait astern." --Drake.
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To bake astern, to go stern foremost.
To be astern of the reckoning, to be behind the position
given by the reckoning.
To drop astern, to fall or be left behind.
To go astern, to go backward, as from the action of
currents or winds.
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To be out of her reckoning
(gcide) | Reckoning \Reck"on*ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the
result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Specifically:
(a) An account of time. --Sandys.
(b) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of
obligations, liabilities, etc.
[1913 Webster]
Even reckoning makes lasting friends, and the
way to make reckonings even is to make them
often. --South.
[1913 Webster]
He quitted London, never to return till the day
of a terrible and memorable reckoning had
arrived. --Macaulay.
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2. The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
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A coin would have a nobler use than to pay a
reckoning. --Addison.
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3. Esteem; account; estimation.
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You make no further reckoning of it [beauty] than of
an outward fading benefit nature bestowed. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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4. (Navigation)
(a) The calculation of a ship's position, either from
astronomical observations, or from the record of the
courses steered and distances sailed as shown by
compass and log, -- in the latter case called {dead
reckoning} (see under Dead); -- also used for dead
reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
(b) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
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To be out of her reckoning, to be at a distance from the
place indicated by the reckoning; -- said of a ship.
day of reckoning the day or time when one must pay one's
debts, fulfill one's obligations, or be punished for one's
transgressions.
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day of reckoning
(wn) | day of reckoning
n 1: (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon
when God will decree the fates of all individual humans
according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn:
Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, {Day of
Judgement}, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement,
Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday,
crack of doom, end of the world]
2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's
unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom,
doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world] |
dead reckoning
(wn) | dead reckoning
n 1: an estimate based on little or no information [syn:
guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning]
2: navigation without the aid of celestial observations |
misreckoning
(wn) | misreckoning
n 1: a mistake in calculating [syn: miscalculation,
misreckoning, misestimation] |
overreckoning
(wn) | overreckoning
n 1: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
[syn: overestimate, overestimation, overrating,
overreckoning] |
underreckoning
(wn) | underreckoning
n 1: an estimation that is too low; an estimate that is less
than the true or actual value [syn: underestimate,
underestimation, underrating, underreckoning] |
text reckoning and compiling
(foldoc) | Text Reckoning And Compiling
TRAC
(TRAC) An interactive macro generator language for
string manipulation by Calvin N. Mooers and Peter Deutsch of
Sun Microsystems. TAC derived ideas from Macro SAP.
There are versions for PDP-1, PDP-8, PDP-10 and
PDP-11.
See also MINT, SAM76.
E-mail: Preston Briggs .
["TRAC: A Procedure- Describing Language for the Reactive
Typewriter", Calvin N. Mooers, CACM 9(3):215-219 (Mar 1966).
Rockford Research Inst, 1972].
[Sammet 1969, pp.448-454].
["Macro Processors", A.J. Cole, Cambridge U Press].
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