| Deal |
n. |
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. |
| Deal |
n. |
The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed. |
| Deal |
n. |
Distribution; apportionment. |
| Deal |
n. |
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties;
applied to stock speculations and political bargains. |
| Deal |
n. |
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. |
| Deal |
n. |
Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. |
| Deal |
n. |
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively;
sometimes with out. |
| Deal |
n. |
Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack. |
| Deal |
v. i. |
To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players. |
| Deal |
v. i. |
To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour. |
| Deal |
v. i. |
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements;
followed by between or with. |
| Deal |
v. i. |
To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat. |
| Deal |
v. i. |
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. |
| Dealbate |
v. t. |
To whiten. |
| Dealbation |
n. |
Act of bleaching; a whitening. |
| Dealer |
n. |
One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer. |
| Dealer |
n. |
One who distributes cards to the players. |
| Dealfish |
n. |
A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus). |
| Dealing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Deal |
| Dealing |
n. |
The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. |
| Dealt |
imp. & p. p. |
of Deal |
| Dealth |
n. |
Share dealt. |
