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Deal

Deal

(dēl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
del
,
deel
, part, AS.
dǣl
; akin to OS.
dēl
, D. & Dan.
deel
, G.
theil
,
teil
, Icel.
deild
, Sw.
del
, Goth.
dails
. √65. Cf. 3d
Dole
.]
1.
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.
Three tenth
deals
[parts of an ephah] of flour.
Num. xv. 9.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good
deal
. . . as a spiritual power.
M. Arnold.
She was resolved to be a good
deal
more circumspect.
W. Black.
☞ It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
2.
The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
The
deal
, the shuffle, and the cut.
Swift.
3.
Distribution; apportionment.
[Colloq.]
4.
An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; – applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
[Slang]
5.
[Prob. from D.
deel
a plank, threshing floor. See
Thill
.]
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.
☞ Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick.
6.
Wood of the pine or fir;
as, a floor of
deal
.
Deal tree
,
a fir tree.
Dr. Prior.

Deal

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dealt
(dĕlt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Dealing
.]
[OE.
delen
, AS.
dǣlan
, fr.
dǣl
share; akin to OS.
dēlian
, D.
deelen
, G.
theilen
,
teilen
, Icel.
deila
, Sw.
dela
, Dan.
dele
, Goth.
dailjan
. See
Deal
,
Noun.
]
1.
To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; – sometimes with out.
Is it not to
deal
thy bread to the hungry?
Is. lviii. 7.
And Rome
deals
out her blessings and her gold.
Tickell.
The nightly mallet
deals
resounding blows.
Gay.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were
dealt
.
Dryden.
2.
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

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.
2.
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
.
They buy and sell, they
deal
and traffic.
South.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants
deal
but for parcels.
Dr. H. More.
3.
To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; – followed by between or with.
Sometimes he that
deals
between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either.
Bacon.
4.
To conduct one’s self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.
If he will
deal
clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true.
Tillotson.
5.
To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction;
as, he has turbulent passions to
deal
with
.
To deal by
,
to treat, either well or ill;
as, to
deal
well
by
servants
.
“Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind.”
Locke.
–
To deal in
.
(a)
To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice;
as, they
deal in
political matters
.
(b)
To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler;
as, they
deal in
fish
.
–
To deal with
.
(a)
To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with.
“Dealing with witches.”
Shak.
(b)
To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.
The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, “
dealt with
him” on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out.
Hawthorne.
Return . . . and I will
deal
well
with
thee.
Gen. xxxii. 9.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deal

DEAL

,
Verb.
T.
pret. and pp. dealt, pron. delt.

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