deads
English edit
Verb edit
deads
- third-person singular simple present indicative of dead
Noun edit
deads pl (plural only)
- (mining) The substances that enclose the ore on every side.
- 1911, Mining Journal, volume 94, page 811:
- If there are no “deads” brought by hand the filling does not shrink from the back of the gunnie, but deads soon settle and lose a tenth of the height.