| Deck |
v. t. |
To cover; to overspread. |
| Deck |
v. t. |
To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish. |
| Deck |
v. t. |
To furnish with a deck, as a vessel. |
| Deck |
v. |
The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. |
| Deck |
v. |
The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat. |
| Deck |
v. |
The roof of a passenger car. |
| Deck |
v. |
A pack or set of playing cards. |
| Deck |
v. |
A heap or store. |
| Deck |
n. |
A main aeroplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane. |
| Decked |
imp. & p. p. |
of Deck |
| Deckel |
n. |
Same as Deckle. |
| Decker |
n. |
One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker. |
| Decker |
n. |
A vessel which has a deck or decks;
used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker. |
| Decking |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Deck |
| Deckle |
n. |
A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. |
| Deckle edge |
|
The rough, untrimmed edge of paper left by the deckle; also, a rough edge in imitation of this. |
| Deckle-edged |
a. |
Having a deckle edge; as, deckle-edged paper; a deckle-edged book. |
