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Webster 1913 Edition
Dumb
Dumb
(dŭm)
, Adj.
1.
Destitute of the power of speech; unable; to utter articulate sounds;
as, the
. dumb
brutesTo unloose the very tongues even of
dumb
creatures. Hooker.
2.
Not willing to speak; mute; silent; not speaking; not accompanied by words;
as,
. dumb
showThis spirit,
dumb
to us, will speak to him. Shakespeare
To pierce into the
dumb
past. J. C. Shairp.
3.
Lacking brightness or clearness, as a color.
[R.]
Her stern was painted of a
dumb
white or dun color. De Foe.
Syn. – Silent; speechless; noiseless. See
Mute
. Dumb
,Verb.
T.
To put to silence.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dumb
DUMB
,Adj.
1.
Mute; silent; not speaking.I was dumb with silence; I held my peace. Psalm 34.
2.
Destitute of the power of speech; unable to utter articulate sounds; as the dumb brutes. The asylum at Hartford in Connecticut was the first institution in America for teaching the deaf and dumb to read and write.3.
Mute; not using or accompanied with speech; as a dumb show; dumb signs.To strike dumb, is to confound; to astonish; to render silent by astonishment; or it may be, to deprive of the power of speech.
DUMB
,Verb.
T.