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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Deck

Dēck, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DECKED (dĕkt); p. pr. & vb. n. DECKING.] [A-S. decan, gedeccan, theccan, D. dekken, N. H. Ger. decken, O. H. Ger. decchan, dakjan, dekjan, thekan, O. Fries. thekka, Icel. thekja, Sw. täcka, Dan. dække, allied to Lat. tegere, to cover, Gr. τέγος, στέγος, a roof, στέγειν, to cover.]

  1. To cover; to overspread. “To deck with clouds the uncolored sky.” Milton.
  2. To dress the person of; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

The dew with spangles decked the ground. Dryden. And deck my body in gay ornaments. Shak. 3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

Dĕck, n.

noun

n. 1. The floor-like covering or division of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.

Sense 2. A heap or store. [Obs.] “Hath such trinkets ready in the deck.” Massinger.

Sense 3. A pack or set of cards piled regularly on each other. “The king was slyly fingered from the deck.” Shak.