deadrise
or dead-rise
[ ded-rahyz ]
nounNautical.
the angle with the horizontal made by the outboard rise of the bottom of a vessel at the widest frame.
Origin of deadrise
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How to use deadrise in a sentence
The righteous dead rise not to this kingdom but to spiritual blessedness in heaven itself—to an immortality of the soul.
The dead rise up to gaze on thy face; their hearts are at peace if they but look on thee.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousBelow (two rows) the dead rise from their graves (photo above).
Some Manyuema think that their buried dead rise as sokos, and one was killed with holes in his ears, as if he had been a man.
Dost thou show wonders among the dead, or shall the dead rise up again and praise thee?
Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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