† deadlihoodn.
Obsolete. rare—1.
= deadlihead n.
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the world > life > death > [noun] > state or condition of
deathOE
homeOE
restOE
sleepOE
powderc1300
corruptiona1340
gravec1380
darkness1535
silence1535
tomb1559
iron sleep1573
another country1597
iron slumber1604
deadness1607
deadlihead1612
deadlihood1659
nothingness1813
unlivingness1914
post-mortemity1922
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed 476 In the state or condition of the dead; in deadlyhood, as some have learn't to speak.
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n.1659- to strike a balance
- to strike a bargain
- to strike a blow
- to strike a bonanza
- to strike a bum note
- to strike a bustle
- to strike a docket
- to strike a good stroke
- to strike a hag in the post
- to strike a hag into the post
- to strike a hard bargain
- to strike a hull
- to strike a light
- to strike a line (also path
- to strike a medical etc off the register
- to strike a medical practitioner off the register
- to strike a name off or now rarely out of
- to strike a name off or out of
- to strike a person a blow
- to strike a person between the eye
- to strike a person between the eyes
- to strike a person in the eye
- to strike a person in the eyes
- to strike a person luck
- to strike a prisoner in the boots