dealn.1
/diːl/, U.S. /dil/ I. A part, portion, amount† 1. † b. With an ordinal number, expressing an aliquot part of the whole. See also halfdeal n.† c. With indefinite and distributive numerals, as a, each, every, never a, no, some, etc. See also everydeal n., somedeal n., adv., and adj., etc. Obsolete or archaic.† d. With other, and comparative words, as more, most, less, better, and the like, distinguishing one of two parts, or a part from the remainder. the other deal: the other part, the rest, the remainder. the better deal (figurative): the superiority, the better. for the most deal: for the most part, mostly, on most occasions. Obsolete.† e. by the tenth deal: ten-fold; by a thousand deal: a thousandfold. Apparently an irregular use originating in negative expressions where it means ‘not by the tenth or thousandth part’ (see quot. c1400).† 2.
a. A part or division of a whole; a portion, fraction, section. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun]
deala800
doleOE
endOE
lotlOE
partyc1300
parta1325
specec1330
portiona1387
piecec1400
proportion1443
parcellingc1449
faction1577
piecemeal1603
proportional1856
a800 Corpus Gloss. 548 Conpetentes portiunculas, gelimplice daele.
c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. xxxiii. §2 Hi..heora god on swa manige dælas todælaþ.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 51 Ðæs temples wah-ryft wearð tosliten on tweȝen dælas.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10541 He a fif dæle [c1300 Otho deale] dælde his ferde.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 164 Þe filozofes..to-delden þise uirtues ine zix deles.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xiv. iii. 695 Mountaynes..passen vpward abouen þat oþer dele of the [londe].
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 117 Dele, or parte, porcio.
1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. 10 He ceast, and vanisht flew to th' vpper deale, And purest portion of the heauenly seat.
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971 Blickl. Hom. 35 We sceolan..syllan þone teoþan dæl ure worldspeda.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1508 Þea þridde del [c1300 Otho deal] of mine londe.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1284 Þe furþe del of a furlong.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 198 Be so that he the halve dele Hem graunt.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 21 Take þe to del ȝolkys of eyron, þe þridde dele Hony.
1534 Act 26 Hen. VIII c. 3 §23 The moitie and halfe deale of euery suche pension.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Lev. xiv. 10 Thre tenth deales of fyne floure.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. vii. 1 A good moity and halfe deale thereof.
1611 Bible (King James) Num. xv. 9 A meate offering of three tenth deales of flowre. View more context for this quotation
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews iii. x, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 88 They..bring one tenth deal to the altar.
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c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1722 All wass itt filledd iwhillc del. Þurrh crist i cristess time.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame i. 331 Suche godelyhede In speche and neuer a dele of trouthe.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20276 O pine [MS puce] ne sal i thol na dele.
15.. Merline 896 in Furniv. Percy Folio 450 That this woman hath told eche deale, certez I beleeue itt weele.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xx. sig. Kviiv The straunge kynge..understode euery dele of the mater.
1870 E. Magnússon & W. Morris tr. Völsunga Saga 67 Then Sigurd ate some deal of Fafnir's heart.
1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights IX. 166 Moreover, they ate not anydele of the food that remained in the tray.]
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of persons
lavea1000
the other deal1258
remanantc1330
remnanta1375
reliefa1382
residuea1382
remanent1446
remain1483
remaindera1547
1258 Proclam. Henry III in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1868–9) 19 Vre rædesmen alle, oþer þe moare dæl of heom.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7582 Þe mestedel of heyemen..Beþ icome of þe Normans.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 669 He..ne a-ȝen no man ne tok querel..þat he ne hadde þe betere deel.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 219 Now for þe moste deel he fleeþ mannys siȝt.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) (1495) v. i Þey beþ greuous to oþer dele of þe body [L. residuo corporis].
a1400–50 Alexander 5568 Þe dreȝest deele of þaim died of his dukis handis.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 164 Whan she hys feet anoyntyd had weel..Upon hys heed she poryd the tothir deel.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 34 He made it so that he had the beste dele I gate not half my parte.
?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Biiiv Wherof ye moost deyle is..kyt of, of the holy Romes chyrche.
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 53v All the other deale of his body hathe the fourme of a litle hounde.
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c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 261 If þei now powere had of vs, wite ȝe wele, Streiter we suld be lad bi þe tend dele.
c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 405 Woxen on high..Wel more be a thousande dele Than hyt was erst.
c1400 Rom. Rose 1074 In this world is noone it lyche, Ne by a thousand deelle so riche.
1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 31 Then was it better doe than is nowe..by a thousand dele.
a. A part allowed or apportioned to any one; a portion, share, dole. Obsolete exc. dialect.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > an allotted share, portion, or part > [noun]
dealc825
lotOE
dolea1225
partc1300
portion?1316
sort1382
parcelc1400
skiftc1400
pane1440
partagec1450
shift1461
skair1511
allotment1528
snapshare1538
share1539
slice1548
fee1573
snap1575
moiety1597
snatch1601
allotterya1616
proportiona1616
symbol1627
dealth1637
quantum1649
cavelc1650
snip1655
sortition1671
snack1683
quota1688
contingency1723
snick1723
contingent1728
whack1785
divvy1872
end1903
bite1925
c825 Vesp. Psalter cxli. 6 [cxlii. 5] Ðu earð hyht min dæl min in eorðan lifgendra.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 12 Fæder, syle me minne dæl minre æhte.
c1325 Coer de L. 2220 Their tresour and their meles He toke to his own deles.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 407 He deleþ his mete at þe mel, And ȝeueþ eueriche manis del.
c1500 King & Hermit in M. M. Furrow Ten 15th-cent. Comic Poems (1985) 261 Euery man schall haue hys dele.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. i. 5 But vnto Anna he gaue one deale heuely for he loued Anna.
1647 R. Herrick Widdowes Teares in Noble Numbers 43 The deale Of gentle Paste, and yeelding Dow, That Thou on Widdowes didst bestow.
1806 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. IV. 132 The remainder [of the money] is divided into shares, called deals, according to the number of persons entitled to a portion of it.
b. A portion or share of land; cf. dale n.1 1 and dole n.1
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > allotted land
allotment1560
deal1600
lot1633
share1643
lotment1651
1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) IV. 241 The cottaris deallis, and aucht akeris of land occupyit be þe fischeris of Ferne.
1633 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) V. 125 The tua dealles of land lyand betuix the lands of Grainge and Haltounehill.
1851 Gloss. Provinc. Words Cumberland Deail, a narrow plot of ground in a common-field, set out by land-marks.
3.
a. A quantity, an amount; qualified as good, great, vast, or the like; formerly, also, as poor, small, little, etc. a great deal: a large part, portion, allowance, or amount (of anything), very much. a good deal: a considerable amount. Cf. lot n. (in a great lot, good lot, etc.).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase]
a great dealc1000
much dealc1225
on highc1400
little1483
good and proper1508
not smally1548
a deal1756
in a big way1840
more than somewhat1930
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount
felec825
muchc1230
good wone1297
plentyc1300
bushelc1374
sight1390
mickle-whata1393
forcea1400
manynessa1400
multitudea1400
packc1400
a good dealc1430
greata1450
sackful1484
power1489
horseloadc1500
mile1508
lump1523
a deal?1532
peckc1535
heapa1547
mass1566
mass1569
gallon1575
armful1579
cart-load1587
mickle1599
bushelful1600–12
a load1609
wreck1612
parisha1616
herd1618
fair share1650
heapa1661
muchness1674
reams1681
hantle1693
mort1694
doll?1719
lift1755
acre1759
beaucoup1760
ton1770
boxload1795
boatload1807
lot1811
dollop1819
swag1819
faggald1824
screed1826
Niagara1828
wad1828
lashings1829
butt1831
slew1839
ocean1840
any amount (of)1848
rake1851
slather1857
horde1860
torrent1864
sheaf1865
oodlesa1867
dead load1869
scad1869
stack1870
jorum1872
a heap sight1874
firlot1883
oodlings1886
chunka1889
whips1888
God's quantity1895
streetful1901
bag1917
fid1920
fleetful1923
mob1927
bucketload1930
pisspot1944
shitload1954
megaton1957
mob-o-ton1975
gazillion1978
buttload1988
shit ton1991
c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 202 Micel dæl bewylledes wæteres on huniges godum dæle.
c1230 Hali Meid. 29 Ha..ȝisceð þah after muchele deale mare.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13493 Hai þar was a mikel dele.
a1400–50 Alexander 3703 Coupis..þai fande bot a fewe dele forged of siluir.
c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 15 Safroun, & a gode dele Salt.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Rii/2 A lyttle Deale, parum.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 592 But one halfepeniworth of bread to this intollerable deale of sack? View more context for this quotation
1610 Bible (Douay) II. 2 Macc. iii. 6 The treasurie at Ierusalem was ful of innumerable deale of money.
1621 J. Mayer Eng. Catechisme 207 Where ignorance preuaileth, there can be but a poore deale of loue.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 57 There being so vast a deal of room, that 40,000 people may shelter themselves in it.
1685 H. More Cursory Refl. Pref. sig. A2v, To make such a Tragical deal ado about it.
1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 223 A great Deal of Lead.
1771 B. Franklin Autobiogr. in Wks. (1840) I. 6 He was also a good deal of a politician.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. I. 183 A most violent hurricane, which did an incredible deal of damage.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 100 There is a great deal of truth in what you say.
1874 J. C. Geikie Life in Woods (ed. 2) vi. 102 A good deal of rain having fallen.
b. absol. (the thing referred to being implied or understood).
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?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2971 Aftirwarde a litel dele, Cuthbert was prayde to karlele, Prestes to ordayne.
1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) IV. 451 I see no need of it. The danger is a great deal.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 51. ⁋2 But there is a great deal to be said in Behalf of an Author.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 267 Our Beef and Hogs..being not yet all gone by a good deal.
1762 A. Dickson Treat. Agric. ii. v. 146 A great deal depends upon the just proportions of its several parts.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Prelude 3 They've read an awful deal.
1891 in Law Times 91 233/2 Whatever may be thought of the..propriety of a good deal that was done.
4. a deal is used pregnantly for a good or great deal, etc.; an undefined, but considerable or large quantity (rarely number); a ‘lot’. colloquial.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > (a) great quantity or amount
felec825
muchc1230
good wone1297
plentyc1300
bushelc1374
sight1390
mickle-whata1393
forcea1400
manynessa1400
multitudea1400
packc1400
a good dealc1430
greata1450
sackful1484
power1489
horseloadc1500
mile1508
lump1523
a deal?1532
peckc1535
heapa1547
mass1566
mass1569
gallon1575
armful1579
cart-load1587
mickle1599
bushelful1600–12
a load1609
wreck1612
parisha1616
herd1618
fair share1650
heapa1661
muchness1674
reams1681
hantle1693
mort1694
doll?1719
lift1755
acre1759
beaucoup1760
ton1770
boxload1795
boatload1807
lot1811
dollop1819
swag1819
faggald1824
screed1826
Niagara1828
wad1828
lashings1829
butt1831
slew1839
ocean1840
any amount (of)1848
rake1851
slather1857
horde1860
torrent1864
sheaf1865
oodlesa1867
dead load1869
scad1869
stack1870
jorum1872
a heap sight1874
firlot1883
oodlings1886
chunka1889
whips1888
God's quantity1895
streetful1901
bag1917
fid1920
fleetful1923
mob1927
bucketload1930
pisspot1944
shitload1954
megaton1957
mob-o-ton1975
gazillion1978
buttload1988
shit ton1991
?1532–4 Mery Iest Mylner Abyngton (de Worde) sig. A.ijv Of yike mannes corne wolde he stele More than his moiture dele.
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 42 Nothing else but a deale of flocks thicke set and thrust togither.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 143 O what a deale of scorne, lookes beautifull? In the contempt and anger of his lip. View more context for this quotation
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxx. sig. N8 What a deale of sweetnesse doe we find in a milde disposition?
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxii. 56 He and Mrs. Jervis had a deal of Talk, as she told me.
1777 S. Johnson Let. 16 Oct. (1992) III. 84 I have a deal to look after.
1781 Philos. Trans. 1780 (Royal Soc.) 70 493 A tornado last night, with a deal of rain, thunder, and lightning.
1832 H. Martineau Life in Wilds v. 62 Saving us a deal of trouble.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 333 Talking a deal of nonsense.
II. Adverbial uses.† 5. † b. In the negative no deal, not a deal: never a bit, not a whit, not at all. Obsolete.Recorded earliest in never-a-deal adv.
a. Connected with the notion of ‘part, bit, whit’: any deal, to any extent, any whit; some deal, to some extent, somewhat; each deal, each a deal, every deal, ilk deal (also il del, ildell), ilk a deal, every bit, every whit, entirely; halfen deal, half; mesten del, for the most part, mostly. See also everydeal n. and adv., halfendeal n., adj., and adv., somedeal n., adv., and adj., etc. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > [noun] > a quantity or amount
fother13..
minda1325
quantitya1325
bodya1500
qt.1640
volume1702
some deal1710
lot1789
chance1805
mess1809
grist1832
jag1834
mense1841
a700 Epinal Gloss. 731 Partim, sume daeli [Erfurt sumæ dæli].
a1225 St. Marher. 17 We luueð bi þe lufte alre mesten del.
a1300 Vision St. Paul (Jesus Oxf.) l. 151 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 151 (MED) And heore ineward vych del..Eft heo werpeþ al in al.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 818 Þe siluer he brouthe hom il del.
c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) l. 2112 Of his mouth it com il del.
?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) (2002) l. 794 The traitour vch a del Sende hit to Denemarke.
c1375 Lay Folks Mass-bk. (MS. B.) 526 Make my loue, both day & nyght sykerly sett euerilk dele.
c1390 Life St. Alexius (Vernon) l. 334 Radde hit siþen vchadel.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1364 Had vnderstanden wele..ilk [a1400 Fairf. ilka] dele.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23532 Wiþouten tariynge any dele.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17400 Your sagh es lese, euer-ilk del.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26671 I haue mi hert soght ilk a delle.
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 628 He..wan þe lond ilk dele.
c1440 Generydes 697 His thought was sett oon hir yche deell.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2016 Tille he were rosted to colis ilkadele.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6023 (MED) He did his bysynes ilk a dele.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy ii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 138 The whych unknowen thy Warke ys lost ech dele.
a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 698 His mynde, his thought, was sett oon hir yche deell.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid iv. ix. 63 Sche has hir command done ilk deill.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. iv. 33 As I sall schew the verite ilka deil.
1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 104 Was hee anie deale the richer..?
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll8v The..heuenly lampes were halfendeale ybrent.
1710 A. Philips Pastorals iv. 25 Albeit some deal I pipe.
1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week v. 79 There ev'ry deale my Heart by Love was gain'd.
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess ii. 85 Well neiper, I hae heard your tale, An' even fairly at it ilka dale.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > not at all
never-a-dealc1250
no dealc1250
not a dealc1250
no grue13..
not a (one) grue13..
for no (kin) meedc1330
in (also by and without preposition) no mannerc1330
nothing like?a1425
by no (manner of) means (also mean)c1440
at no handa1500
never, not (etc.) a whit (awhit, a-whit)1523
not a quincha1566
by leisure1590
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adverb] > not > not at all
noughteOE
nothingOE
nonewaysc1225
not a dealc1250
nothing soa1393
no-gatea1400
no-gatesa1400
no waya1400
nowaysa1400
riff no raff?a1400
in (also on, by) no kins way(s) (or wise)c1400
nowisec1425
no whitc1520
none1533
never a dysec1540
vengeance1556
in no sort1561
none ofc1571
nil1581
none1651
nowhat1651
nohow1775
du tout1824
nowt1828
nix1862
nary1895
c1250 in Stud. Philol. (1931) 28 596 Hoe loued to muchel here catel, ne dorren hoe tamen hit neuer a del.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23332 Of hem shul þei rewe no del.
c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale Jonathas 277 Hir conpaignie he nat a deel forsooke.
1532 (?a1400) Romaunt Rose 7431 For he ne dredde hem not a del.
1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander ii. xliv. 100 His father was no deale contented with the league.
a1600 Captaine Care xxvi, in F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads (1889) III. vi. clxxviii. 431/2 His harte was no dele lighte.
6. Connected with the notion of ‘amount’ or ‘extent’: a great deal, to a great extent or degree, greatly, very much; a good deal, to a considerable extent or degree, considerably; a vast deal, vastly; †much deal, etc.
a. as verbal adjuncts.
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1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 3 To lat down ane grete dele thair hie sailis.
c1572 W. Forrest Theophilus 169 in Anglia (1884) 7 85 The iuste prayer much deale for to prevayle.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 200 I..bled..a great deal.
1845 T. Hood Last Man xxvii The beggar man grumbled a weary deal.
1887 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 19 Mar. I had travelled a good deal in earthquaking lands.
b. as adjuncts of adjectives or adverbs in the comparative or superlative, or their equivalents.
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark x. f. lxv He cryed the moore a greate deale.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xiii. 713 Wilde Peares..do drie and stop a great deale more then the others.
1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 88 b The kitchin was a greate deale too little.
1692 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §160 To have them [letters] a pretty deal bigger than he should ordinarily write.
1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. vi. 28 You are a great deal too apt..to like people in general. View more context for this quotation
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood viii. 48 You take a great deal too much upon yourself.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 463 At a point a good deal lower than that at which they rose.
7. a deal: to an undefined but considerable amount or extent; much. colloquial.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase]
a great dealc1000
much dealc1225
on highc1400
little1483
good and proper1508
not smally1548
a deal1756
in a big way1840
more than somewhat1930
1756 W. Toldervy Hist. Two Orphans III. 21 She talked a deal.
1828 C. Lamb Guy Faux in Elia 2nd Ser. 143 The first part of this dilemma is a deal too shocking to think of.
1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 210 Beside, I shall be a deal here to make it more lively for thee.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. iv. 82 You boys of this generation are a deal tenderer fellows than we used to be.
Compounds
In Old English and early Middle English, as †delneominde, †dalneominde, †del-takand participator, sharer; †del-taking, participation; †dealsman (Scottish), a partner, sharer.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [noun]
del-takingc825
partakingc1384
partingc1384
communingc1425
participation?a1475
communicating1550
sharing1598
intercommonage1628
compartition1636
copartiality1677
deal1873
c825 Vesp. Psalt. cxviii[i]. 63 Daelniomend ic eam alra ondredendra ðec.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 47 Beo heo dal neominde of heofene riches blisse.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxviii. 63 Del-takand I am of al þe dredand.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxi[i]. 3 Of wham in him self del-taking hisse.
1563 Aberdeen Reg. V. 25 (Jam.) The awnaris and delismen of the said schip.
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dealn.2
/diːl/, U.S. /dil/ An act or the act of dealing.† 2. Dealing; intercourse. Scottish. See dale n.1 2.
1. The act or system of dividing into parts for distribution; sharing.
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the mind > possession > sharing > [noun]
del-takingc825
partakingc1384
partingc1384
communingc1425
participation?a1475
communicating1550
sharing1598
intercommonage1628
compartition1636
copartiality1677
deal1873
1873 J. G. Bertram Harvest of Sea (ed. 3) xvi. 331 At that time most of the herring boats of Shellbraes were managed on the sharing system, or by ‘the deal’, as it was called.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > contact, connection, or dealings
dealinga1538
deal1588
business1611
to come in contact with1818
connection1860
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 6 To haue carnel deale with ane vþer mans vyffe.
1594 Willobie his Auisa xix. f. 18v Because you loue a secret deale.
3. Cards. The distribution to the players of the cards required for a game; a single round or game marked by one distribution of the cards (= hand n. 24d).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [noun] > actions or tactics > dealing, cutting, or shuffling
shuffling1579
deal1607
shuffle1651
lifting1674
cut1729
misdeal1797
riffle1862
ruffle1872
long deal1893
handout1904
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > hand
game1554
handc1555
deal1607
trick1607
stock1637
holding1929
1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. D4v My minds not on my game, Many a deale I haue lost.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xi At French Ruff you must lift for deal.
1729 J. Swift Jrnl. Dublin Lady 6 How can the Muse..in harmonious Numbers put The Deal, the Shuffle, and the Cut?
1739 T. Gray Let. 21 June in Corr. (1971) I. 113 You sit down, and play forty deals without intermission.
1778 T. Jones Hoyle's Games Improved 61 You risk the losing of three or four Tricks in that Deal to gain one only.
1860 Bohn's Hand-bk. Games ii. 68 If a card is faced in the deal, there must be a new deal, unless it is the last card.
4.
a. An act of dealing or buying and selling; a business transaction, bargain.
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society > trade and finance > [noun] > an act of trading
market1521
traffic1556
contraction1583
transact1659
trade1697
deal1837
society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] > a bargain or deal
bargainc1386
cofe1471
cope1546
truck1638
dicker1818
deal1837
1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 305 Six dollars apiece for the pictures is about the fair deal for the price.
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vi. 104 He wanted to have a deal with me for Jessy [mare].
1879 E. K. Bates Egyptian Bonds I. iii. 51 He wants to make a deal for some chickens and vegetables in the morning.
b. spec. A transaction of an underhand or questionable nature; a private or secret arrangement in commerce or politics entered into by parties for their mutual benefit. Originally U.S.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > [noun] > an agreement
forewardOE
accordc1275
covenant1297
end1297
form1297
frettec1330
conjurationc1374
treatc1380
bargainc1386
contractc1386
comenaunt1389
compositionc1405
treaty1427
pact1429
paction1440
reconventionc1449
treatisea1464
hostage1470
packa1475
trystc1480
bond (also band) of manrent1482
covenance1484
concordance1490
patisement1529
capitulation1535
conventmenta1547
convenience1551
compact1555
negotiation1563
sacrament1563
match1569
consortship1592
after-agreementa1600
combourgeoisie1602
convention1603
comburghership1606
transaction1611
end-makingc1613
obligement1627
bare contract1641
stipulation1649
accompackmentc1650
rue-bargaina1657
concordat1683
minute1720
tacka1758
understanding1803
meet1804
it's a go1821
deal1863
whizz1869
stand-in1870
gentlemen's agreement1880
meeting of minds1883
1863 J. Sherman in R. S. Thorndike Sherman Lett. (1894) 205 The war is prolonged, and but little chance of its ending until we have a new deal.
1881 Nation (N.Y.) 33 487 [The party boss] his power of making ‘deals’.
1882 Nation (N.Y.) 35 411/1 The shifts and expedients and ‘deals’ which had illustrated his rise to political prominence.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 461 The chiefs of opposite parties..will even go the length of making (of course secretly) a joint ‘deal’, i.e. of arranging for a distribution of offices whereby some of the friends of one shall get places, the residue being left for the friends of the other.
1891 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 27 Nov. 6/4 It is not known who are Deacon White's heirs in this corn deal.
1892 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 5 Nov. 12/7 An alleged Deal between the Republicans and the Democrats.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 102/2 We are..dependent on Parisian sources for information about our latest deal with the French.
1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 104/1 [He] tries to explain the attitude of British Liberalism towards the naval deal.
1931 H. F. Pringle Theodore Roosevelt I. vi. 66 There had been deals and counterdeals between Tammany and anti-Tammany Democrats.
c. (a) bad (also raw, rough) deal, harsh or unfair treatment, swindling; (b) square deal, equitable treatment, fair dealing. colloquial (originally U.S.). fair deal: see first element.
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society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity > action
fair play?a1500
square play or dealing1592
the square thing1592
fair dealing1609
to do justice to (a person or thing)1610
fair deal1837
fairation1847
fair do's1859
square deal1876
fair dinkum1881
cricket1900
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun] > unfairness > treatment
bad (also raw, rough) deal1912
1876 W. G. Nash New Eng. Life ii. 30 That was a square deal, Mis Brown.
1912 J. Sandilands Western Canad. Dict. & Phrase-bk. 37 Raw deal, a bare-faced swindle.
1927 Lady Astor in Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 9/3 Although we have got the vote we women have a long way to go before we get a positive square deal.
1931 Week-end Rev. 18 Apr. 580/1 I do not believe that in ordinary life Martin would have had such a rough deal.
1938 E. Bowen Death of Heart i. viii. 145 No outside people deserve the bad deal they get from love.
1940 E. C. Bentley Those Days viii. 237 The Opposition were quite content with this situation. If it was what is known nowadays as a raw deal, they did not mind.
d. new deal (also New Deal): see as main entry.
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dealn.3
/diːl/, U.S. /dil/ 1.
a. A slice sawn from a log of timber (now always of fir or pine), and usually understood to be more than seven inches wide, and not more than three thick; a plank or board of pine or fir-wood.In the timber trade, in Great Britain, a deal is understood to be 9 inches wide, not more than 3 inches thick, and at least 6 feet long. If shorter, it is a deal-end; if not more than 7 inches wide, it is a batten n.1 In North America, the standard deal (to which other sizes are reduced in computation) is 12 feet long, 11 inches wide, and 21/ 2 inches thick. By carpenters, deal of half this thickness (11/ 4 inches) is called whole deal; of half the latter (5/ 8 inch) slit deal.The word was introduced with the importation of sawn boards from some Low German district, and, as these consisted usually of fir or pine, the word was from the first associated with these kinds of wood.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > types of
quarter-board1355
deal1400
fir-deala1450
planchettec1450
crust1486
deal-board1568
slab1573
scabbard1635
scale1683
scale-board1711
planchet1730
shinbin1791
rack deal1808
rack1835
shinlog1842
slabwood1844
1400 in C. Frost Early Hist. Hull (1827) App. 6 Mari Knyght de Dansk..xvj deles, iijm waynscots.
1400 in C. Frost Early Hist. Hull (1827) App. 18 iij dusen deles.
a1450 Rature (in Hull Trin. House Records) Item for euerie hundreth of firre deales, xijd.
1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 183 Ffyrdells of the biggest sorte..litle firdells..doble firr sparrs.
1583–4 Bk. Accts. Hull Charterhouse in Notes & Queries 6th Ser. VIII. 217/1 7 deals to seale the windows.
1595 A. Duncan Appendix Etymologiae: Index in Latinae Grammaticae Asser, a deele or plank.
1604 Vestry Bks. (Surt.) 283 For fortie firre dales, xxiijs. iiijd.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 116 Robert Bonwicke of Wansworth..demaunded for everie deale a pennie for bringinge them from Hull to Parson pooles, alledginge that every deale weighed 3 stone.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xxiii. 97 A little model of a town..to be run up together of slit deals.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 141 These huts, some constructed of logs, others of deals two inches in thickness.
1886 Law Times 80 212/1 To there load a cargo of deals.
b. (Without a or plural) Wood in the form of deals.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood in specific form > [noun] > board or plank > collectively
swale1325
plancher1408
planking1432
sawboard1495
planchery1519
plank1559
planchingc1600
deala1618
a1618 W. Raleigh Observ. in Remains (1661) 180 The huge piles of Wainscot, Clapboard, Firdeal, Masts, and Timber..in the Low-countries.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 10 Laying that Decke with spruce deale of 30. foot long, the sap cut off.
?1677 S. Primatt City & Covntry Purchaser & Builder 85 A handsom Door, lyned with Slit-deal.
1794 Builder's Price-bk. (ed. 11) 41 Whole deal dove-tailed dado.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 634 The table shows that the value of 1½ inch deal is 8d. per foot.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. Gloss. 935 Fir boards,..one inch and a quarter thick, are called whole deal, and those a full half inch thick, slit deal.
2. As a kind of timber: The wood of fir or pine, such as deals (in sense 1) are made from. Native deal, the wood of the Australian pine, Nageia elata; white deal, the produce of the Norway Spruce ( Abies excelsa); red deal, the produce of the Scotch Pine ( Pinus sylvestris); yellow deal, the produce of the Yellow Pine ( P. mitis), or kindred American species.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > fir
fira1398
spruce1400
deal1601
yellow deal1734
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 476 Some..haue their boughes disposed in good order, as the Pitch-tree, Firre, or Deale.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 488 For Mast-poles and crosse saile-yards in ships, the Fir or Deale [abies] is commended.
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. vii. 74 Deal, especially the white Deal, if it be cut cross, it tears.
1766 J. Parsons in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 3 What we call white deal, which is esteemed the lightest and tenderest of all the class of firs.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 31/2 The Norway Spruce Fir..In the market [its wood] is known under the name of white or Christiania deal.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVIII. 170/2 The Scotch Pine..Its timber furnishes the red deal of the carpenters.
1877 Japp De Quincy I. vii. 143 Preferring mahogany to deal for book-shelves.
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants 589 Podocarpus elata,..Native Deal, Pencil Cedar [etc.].
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a. (‘Made of or consisting of deal’.)
deal box n.
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1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband i. i. 16 Four Portmantel Trunks, besides the great Deal Box.
deal door n.
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1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 232 Neatly brass-latched deal doors.
deal-shaving n.
ΚΠ
1694 Philos. Trans. 1693 (Royal Soc.) 17 998 Deal-shavings or brown Paper.
deal table n.
b. (‘Engaged in the trade in deals’.)
deal-carrier n.
ΚΠ
1893 Daily News 26 Apr. 6/1 If the Union deal-carriers did not return to work their places would be filled by free labourers.
deal-merchant n.
ΚΠ
1706 London Gaz. No. 4246/7 John Thomas, late of Lambeth..Deale-Merchant.
deal-porter n.
ΚΠ
1883 Good Words Aug. 543/1 Dock-labourers, deal-porters and coal-heavers.
deal-runner n.
ΚΠ
1889 Daily News 24 Oct. 6/6 Dock labourers, wharfingers, deal runners.
C2. Also deal-board n.
deal-apple n. dialect a fir-cone.
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a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Deal-apples, the conical fruit of the fir-tree.
deal-end n. (see 1 note).
ΚΠ
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 237 What constitutes the difference between a Deal and a Batten, is the width: the former being above 7 inches wide, and the latter not above 7 inches wide. This distinction..applies also to Deal Ends and Batten Ends.
deal-fish n. (see quots.).
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > [noun] > order Lampridiformes > member of family Trachipteridae
deal-fish1845
1845 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes Suppl. Deal-fish.
1856 J. Richardson in Encycl. Brit. XII. 303/2 The Vaagmaer or Deal-fish has also been recorded by Dr. Fleming as a British species.
1862 Chambers's Encycl. III. Dealfish..a genus of fishes of the ribbon-fish family, having the body much compressed, and so named from the resemblance of the form to a piece of deal.
deal-frame n. a gang-saw for cutting deals.
deal tree n. dialect a fir-tree.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > [noun] > fir-tree
spurch1295
firc1381
fir-treea1382
mast tree1597
white fir1605
Scotch fir1673
silver fir1707
Scotchman1807
fir balsam1810
Alpine fir1819
deal treea1825
pinsapo1839
fir-pine1843
red fir1852
grand fir1874
mountain balsam1878
Shasta fir1897
Santa Lucia fir1905
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Deal-tree, a fir-tree.
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deal-worker n. a joiner who works up deal.
deal-yard n. a yard where deals are stacked.
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1705 London Gaz. No. 4126/4 At the Cock in the hoop Deal-Yard..are to be sold, Deal-Boards, Laths.
1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 9 There are no timber-yards..they are deal-yards.
1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 12 A deal-yard is for sawn timber.
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† dealn.4
Obsolete.
Some unidentified kind of wine, supposed to have been of Rhenish origin. Also more fully deal wine.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > types of wine > [noun] > other types of wine
myrrhed winec1429
tyre1429
rochec1440
rospeys1440
raspis?a1450
caprika1475
garnade?c1475
whippetc1500
rampion?1520
Ribadavia1542
romanisk1542
Mountrosec1560
raspis wine1562
whippincrusta1593
charneco1594
absinthites1601
pitch wine1601
myrrh wine1609
wine of astonishment1611
deal1613
Sherant1620
Sheranino1632
Grecoa1660
Langoon1674
generousa1717
Massic1751
rasped wine1823
straw wine1824
vin de paille1833
vin jaune1833
vino tierno1911
mistelle1924
rancio1939
boerwyn1947
1613 in J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices (modernized text) V. 449 [cf. also VI. 416/3].
1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 61 He..cals for wine, that hee may make knowne his rare vessell of deale at home: not forgetting to [tell] you, that a Dutch Marchant sent it him.
1616 B. Jonson Mercurie Vindicated 147 in Wks. I Paracelsus man..that he promised you out of white bread, and dele-wine.
1635 J. Shirley Lady of Pleasure v. i To the Dutch magazine of sauce, the Stillyard; Where deal and backrag, and what strange wine else..Shall flow into our room.
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dealv.
/diːl/, U.S. /dil/ I. To divide, distribute, share. Mainly transitive.† 1. transitive. To divide. Obsolete.† 2. † 3.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > action of dividing or divided condition > divide [verb (transitive)]
to-shedc888
to-dealeOE
dealc950
twemea1023
to-doOE
to-shiftc1122
brittenc1175
sunderc1230
depart1297
parta1300
twain15..
dividec1380
minisha1382
dressc1410
dissever1417
sever1435
quarterc1440
distinct1526
videc1540
disperse1548
several1570
separate1581
dirempt1587
distinguish1609
piecemeal1611
discrete1624
dispart1629
slit1645
parcel1652
canton1653
tripartite1653
split1707
carve1711
scind1869
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. xxiv. 51 Dividet eum dæles hine [c1000 Ags. Gosp. todælþ hyne].
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10541 & he a fif dæle dælde [c1300 Otho to-dealde] his ferde.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 239/715 Þis watur..delez þis world a-two.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 45 Ȝif we deleþ þe somme on þre and þe seuenþe parte of þe þridde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6883 Þe folk..þat delt [Trin. Cambr. dalt] war in kinrede tuelue.
1480 W. Caxton Descr. Brit. 24 This kyngdome of Northumberland was first deled in two prouynces.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Dan. v. E Thy kyngdome is delt in partes.
1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 128 Our Lords are now delt in twa sydis.
a. To separate, sever. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separate [verb (transitive)]
to-twemec893
sunderOE
asunderOE
shedOE
dealOE
shill1049
skillc1175
to-twinc1175
twinc1230
disseverc1250
depart1297
slita1300
to-throwc1315
parta1325
drevec1325
devisec1330
dividec1374
sever1382
unknit?a1425
divorce1430
separea1450
separate?a1475
untine1496
to put apart1530
discussa1542
deceper1547
disseparate1550
apart1563
unjoint1565
shoal1571
divisionatea1586
single1587
dispart1590
descide1598
disassociate1598
distract1600
dissolve1605
discriminate1615
dissociate1623
discerpa1628
discind1640
dissunder1642
distinguish1648
severize1649
unstring1674
skaila1833
cleave1873
dirempt1885
OE Daniel 21 Swa no man scyle his gastes lufan wið gode dælan.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 7 He deleð þe sowle and þe lichame.
a1300 Earth 13 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 152 He..deliþ þe dai from niȝt.
c1325 Poem Times Edw. II 205 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 333 I-deled from his riht spous.
a1400 Poems Vernon MS. 358 He ȝaf him wittes fyue, To delen þat vuel from þe good.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To separate oneself, go away, part (from). Obsolete. rare.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)]
to come awayeOE
wendeOE
i-wite971
ashakec975
shakeOE
to go awayOE
witea1000
afareOE
agoOE
awayOE
dealc1000
goOE
awendOE
rimeOE
to go one's wayOE
flitc1175
depart?c1225
partc1230
to-partc1275
atwitea1325
withdrawa1325
to turn one's (also the) backc1330
lenda1350
begonec1370
remuea1375
removec1380
to long awaya1382
twinc1386
to pass one's wayc1390
trussc1390
to turn awaya1400
returnc1405
to be gonea1425
recede1450
roomc1450
to come offc1475
to take one's licence1475
issue1484
walka1500
to go adieua1522
pikea1529
avaunt1549
trudge1562
vade?1570
discoast1571
leave1593
wag1594
to go off1600
troop1600
hence1614
to set on one's foota1616
to pull up one's stumps1647
quit1811
to clear out1816
slope1830
to walk one's chalks1835
shove1844
to roll out1850
to pull out1855
to light out1859
to take a run-out powder1909
to push off (also along)1923
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > part or go away in different directions
dealc1000
shedc1000
twin?c1225
departc1290
to-go13..
parta1325
severc1375
disseverc1386
to part companya1400
discontinue1576
to fall apart1599
flya1677
separate1794
dispart1804
split1843
society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > separate [verb (intransitive)]
dealc1000
to make separationc1450
to break up1535
diverta1575
disjoina1642
unherd1661
separate1690
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
enisle1852
segregate1863
bust1880
isolate1988
c1000 Ags. Ps. liv. 7 [lv. 7] Efne ic feor gewite, fleame dæle.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9430 Þer heo gunnen dælen [c1300 Otho to-deale]. Merlin ferde riht suð.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3772 Iulius þe kaisere. mid alle þan Romanisce here dalden [c1300 Otho wende] from þan fihte.
a. transitive. To divide (property, etc.) among a number so that each may have his due share; to distribute in shares; to portion out, apportion. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > divide and share out
dealc1000
shiftc1000
to-partc1325
partc1330
departa1340
divide1377
portion?a1400
dressc1410
parcel1416
skiftc1420
describe1535
repart1540
sever1548
disparklea1552
enterparten1556
share1577
to share out1583
repartitec1603
dispart1629
parcena1641
cavel1652
partage1660
split1674
snack1675
partition1740
scantle1749
appart1798
whack1819
divvy1877
number1887
cut1928
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xxii. 17 Onfoð and dælað betwux eow.
1002 Will of Wulfric in Cod. Dipl. VI. 147 Ðæt heo hig dælan him betweonan.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2022 Heo wuolden al þis lond dælen [c1300 Otho deale] heom bi-twenen.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3395 Bituix his childer he delt his aght.
c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 42 He was curtays in all thyng..And well kowth dele and dyght.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. viii. A Ye shal deale amonge you their spoyle & catell [amōge in text].
b. To share (property, etc.) with others. Obsolete.
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the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (transitive)]
dealOE
partc1330
skair1462
parten1508
usurpa1513
communicatea1530
participate1531
partake1563
impart1581
reciprocate1611
copart1613
share1613
to take share of (something)1678
OE Genesis 2788 Næfre Ismael wið Isace, wið min agen bearn yrfe dæleð.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 219 Hu he mihte delen rice wið god.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 183 For to sechen feolawes & to deale wið ham þet god.
?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew vi. f. lxxij If thou geue vs aboundaunce..geue vs an harte to vse it..and to deale with oure neyboures.
4. † c. absol. or intransitive. To make distribution of. Obsolete.Also with the recipients as indirect object (dative) or with to.
a. To distribute or bestow among a number of recipients; esp. to distribute in the form of gifts or alms. Now mostly figurative, or with out: see 2b.In sense 3 the main notion is the division into shares; here it is the giving away or bestowing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]
britteneOE
to-dealeOE
dealOE
britOE
setc1275
dispensec1374
dispendc1375
to-seta1387
dispone1429
disposec1430
sparple1435
demean1439
distributea1464
distribue1477
issuec1484
communy1530
to deal out1535
impart1545
disperse1555
retail1576
digest1578
deliver1626
to hand out1648
to dispose of1676
dispensate1701
dole1701
to give out1710
sling1860
to give away1889
to pass out1926
dish1934
OE Andreas (1932) 548 Nænig manna is under heofonhwealfe, hæleða cynnes, ðætte areccan mæg oððe rim wite hu ðrymlice, þeoda baldor, gasta geocend, þine gife dælest.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Mark (Corpus Cambr.) v. 26 Þæt wif ðe..fram manegum læcum fela þinga þolode and dælde eall þæt heo ahte.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 109 Þe ðe deleð elmessan for his drihtnes luuan.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 166 To dealen his federes fech to neodfule & to poure.
c1300 Beket 332 A sum of pans I deld on eche side.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 76 Let nat þy lyft half..Ywite what þow delest with þy ryht syde.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxii. 102 He..delez þam þis relefe in faire siluer vessell.
?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 4151 Thurgh myght of god þat all gude deelys.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 12 He..deillis his sindrie giftis of graces.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 377 There are many Charities dealt publiqly here.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 227 In comments they deal to the public dull diet.
b. to deal out; †formerly also to deal abroad, to deal away, to deal forth, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)]
britteneOE
to-dealeOE
dealOE
britOE
setc1275
dispensec1374
dispendc1375
to-seta1387
dispone1429
disposec1430
sparple1435
demean1439
distributea1464
distribue1477
issuec1484
communy1530
to deal out1535
impart1545
disperse1555
retail1576
digest1578
deliver1626
to hand out1648
to dispose of1676
dispensate1701
dole1701
to give out1710
sling1860
to give away1889
to pass out1926
dish1934
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xi. 22 He schal..dele abrood his spuylis.
c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 55 I schal newe tungis in ȝou frame Alle maner of langagis forþ to deele.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Sam. vi. 19 He..dealte out vnto all the people..vnto euery one a cake of bred.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc v. 447 The provident hand deals out its scanty dole.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxiv. 609 To deal out a certain number of herrings to their servants.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > sharing > share [verb (intransitive)]
scot?c1225
deal1297
partc1300
to take partc1384
departc1440
skair1462
impart1471
participate1531
communicate1541
to part stakes (also shares)1553
boot1554
partake1561
intercommune1601
copart1637
to go sharers1644
to run shares1644
intervene1646
go1653
to go a share1655
to share and share alike (formerly also like)1656
to go shares1658
to go share and share alikea1661
to go snips (or snip)1671
to go snacks (or snack)1693
to club one's shares1814
to cut in1890
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7866 Of his fader tresorie..He delde uor his soule.
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 237 We shuln ȝiue & dele oure enemys And alle men þat arn nedy as pore men & suche.
1456 How Wise Man taught Son 154 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 175 And pore men of thy gode thou dele.
5. To deliver or give (to a person) as his share; to apportion. Also with out.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > assign or allot > to a person as his share
britOE
dealc1400
lotc1400
allow?c1450
allot1473
proportion1581
apportion1587
portion1587
share1596
allocate1616
locate1816
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2285 Dele to me my destine & do hit out of honde.
c1400–50 Alexander 3475 Driȝtin deyne him to dele a dele of his blis.
1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. A*.v For she thy seruyce, nought estemes, but deales the griefe for gayne.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 70 To me..it deals eternal woe. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit i, in Tale of Tub 290 This Grain of Enthusiasm, dealt into every Composition.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiv. 134 The hard measure that was dealt me.
1849 M. Arnold Mod. Sappho Hast thou yet dealt him, O life, thy full measure?
1850 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. during 30 Years' Peace II. iv. xiii. 168 The same measure was dealt out to the family of Napoleon.
6. † a. To bestow, give forth, render, deliver. Obsolete except as in 2b, 4c.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)]
forgivec900
giveOE
besetc1230
deala1250
i-yevec1275
to give (requite, etc.) into one's bosomc1386
yarka1400
wevec1400
yatec1400
administera1425
bequeathc1440
employa1492
exhibit1548
communicate1553
endue1587
cast1612
hand1650
to lay on1942
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 952 He mihte bet speken a sele, Þan mid wraþþe wordes dele [v.r. deale].
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11890 Ffaire folden, and wel enseled, And to þer maister was hit [a letter] deled.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 344 Þenne con dryȝttyn hym [Noe] dele dryȝly þyse wordez.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 100 So may God delen it til an oþer.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5646 And the dom þat he dulte [? dalte] duly was kept.
b. esp. To deliver blows.(The earlier notion was that of distributing them (as in sense 4) among several opponents or in various quarters, in all directions, now more definitely expressed by deal about; later, the sense becomes either ‘to give one as his portion’ (as in 5), or simply ‘to deliver’.)
ΚΠ
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 2219 Strokes hij togider delden ywis On helmes & on briȝt scheldes.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xi. xi Syr percyuale delt soo his strokes..that there durste no man abyde hym.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 32 [He] saw yaim swa gret dyntis deill.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6547 Mony dedly dint delt hom amonge.
1640 T. Rawlins Rebellion ii. i. sig. C3v He's no true Souldier that deales heedlesse blowes.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 71 One with a broken Truncheon deals his Blows.
1714 J. Gay Fan ii. 9 The weighty Mallet deals resounding Blows.
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama i. 5 Rejoiced they see..[that] Nature in his pride hath dealt the blow.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 337 Fortune or fraud soon gave Scipio the chance of dealing a decisive blow.
c. Hence in various expressions, apparently arising out of 6b.
ΚΠ
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. vii. 385 He was perfect in the devilish art of dealing an ill turn.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 62 By fits he deals his fiery Bolts about. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii. 222 When hissing through the skies the feathered deaths were dealt.
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. ii. 671 I Would..deal like Alha My angry Thunder on the frighted World.
1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 49 We dealt about the wit, or what passes for it, after midnight, jovially.
7. Cards.
a. To distribute (the cards to be used in a game) to the various players; to give a player (such or so many cards) in distributing. Also with out, and absol.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > play a card [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics > deal, shuffle, or cut
cutc1555
deal1560
rob1575
shuffle1589
fuzz1753
pass1859
flitter1864
split1866
ruffle1872
make1876
trey1888
1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams To Rdr. sig. Av Were it as parellous to deale cardes at play.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1304/1 I purpose agayne to deale vnto you an other card, almost of the same sute.
a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. A6 Take this as surest thing: That right or wrong, thou deale thy selfe a King.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xix. 142 He that deals hath the advantage of this Game.
1709 Brit. Apollo 2 D. deals T. thirteen Cards.
1878 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre (ed. 2) 18 The Dealer's office is to deal and to see that there is no mistake in the cards dealt.
1891 Speaker 2 May 534/2 At baccarat..the stakes are made before the cards are dealt.
b. To include (someone) in those to whom one deals cards for a game; frequently figurative, to include (a person) in an undertaking; to give (someone) a share or part. colloquial (originally U.S.).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (transitive)] > participate with > cause to participate in
to let in for1873
deal1942
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §369/4 Give a share,..deal one in (on).
1965 J. M. Cain Magician's Wife (1966) xiii. 101 You know everything, and yet you dealt yourself in.
1969 D. Bagley Spoilers iii. 72 He was on my original list, but he dealt himself in regardless and it would be too risky to leave him out now.
1969 W. Garner Us or Them War xvi. 121 If they won't deal us in we may end up having to steal it.
8. † a. In Hurling, etc.: To deliver or throw (the ball). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > handball, etc. > play handball, etc. [verb (transitive)] > deliver ball
deal1602
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 74 Then must hee cast the ball (named Dealing) to some one of his fellowes.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 277 The horsemen..will alsoe assault anye..that hath not the Knappan..or cudgell him after he hath delt the same from him.
1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1008 Cornish Hurling... The ball..[is] thrown up, or dealt.
b. Of a horse.
ΚΠ
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. i. 34 His Carriage, and Way of dealing his Legs.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. ii. 77 There are Horses that lead, or deal their Legs well.
II. To take part in, have to do with, occupy oneself, do business, act. Mainly intransitive.† 9. intransitive. To take part in, share or participate in or with, be a partaker of. Obsolete.† 10. † 20. To take action, act, proceed (usually in some matter or affair). Obsolete.† 21. transitive. To treat. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
c1175 Pater Noster 225 in Lamb. Hom. 67 Þu aȝest to hatien wel his sunne, Þet ðu ne dele noht þer inne.
a1240 Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 187 Hwa se euer wule habbe lot wiþ þe of þi blisse, he mot deale wiþ þe of þine pine.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 109 Of o side ne of other no þing deles he.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Ye shal be partener of my pylgremage, and dele of the pardon that I shal..fecche ouer the see.
a. To engage with in conflict; to contend.[Cf. Old Norse deila við to be at feud or quarrel with, to contend.]
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
993 Battle of Maldon 33 Betere..ðonne we swa hearde hilde dælon.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15182 Þus heo gunnen delen þene dæi longe.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 113 Steuen stoutly deles.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 11027 Wold haue dongyn hym to dethe, hade þai delt long.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus vii. xviii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 387 How Areobindus..slew a mightie Persian dealing with him hand to hand.
1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax Prol. sig. B5v To deale with him at his own weapon.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 125 Brutish that contest and foule, When Reason hath to deal with force. View more context for this quotation
b. transitive. To contend or fight about. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12997 Nu wit scullen delen [c1300 Otho deale] þene dæd of mire maȝen.
11. † b. Of sexual intercourse. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To have to do with (a person); to have intercourse or dealings with; to associate with. archaic (and now associated with 13).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > have social communication with [verb (transitive)]
intercommunec1374
dealc1380
usec1384
intercommonc1430
resort?1518
minglea1593
use1594
intercoursea1604
sociate1635
to keep termsa1673
shoulder1851
tangle1928
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 404 Þei delen not wiþ þes newe ordris, but supposen hem heretikes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 12249 Sum angels wit him deles To lede his wordes þat he meles.
c1400 Rom. Rose 3265 Thou delest with angry folk, ywis.
?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. C Her name was wanton besse Who leest with her delt, he thryued not the lesse.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. F4, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) With a resolute vow neuer to deale with him, I had then cast him [sc. his son] off.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 27. ⁋6 The Noble Principle..of Benevolence to all I have to deal with.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 98 One of the charges against him was that of dealing with a familiar spirit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with
mingeOE
haveOE
knowc1175
ofliec1275
to lie with (or by)a1300
knowledgec1300
meetc1330
beliea1350
yknowc1350
touchc1384
deala1387
dightc1386
usea1387
takec1390
commona1400
to meet witha1400
servea1400
occupy?a1475
engender1483
jangle1488
to be busy with1525
to come in1530
visitc1540
niggle1567
mow1568
to mix one's thigh with1593
do1594
grind1598
pepper1600
yark1600
tumble1603
to taste of1607
compressc1611
jumble1611
mix?1614
consort?1615
tastea1616
bumfiddle1630
ingressa1631
sheet1637
carnal1643
night-work1654
bump1669
bumble1680
frig?c1680
fuck1707
stick1707
screw1719
soil1722
to do over1730
shag1770
hump1785
subagitatec1830
diddle1879
to give (someone) onec1882
charver1889
fuckeec1890
plugc1890
dick1892
to make a baby1911
to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912
jazz1920
rock1922
yentz1924
roll1926
to make love1927
shtupa1934
to give (or get) a tumble1934
shack1935
bang1937
to have it off1937
rump1937
tom1949
to hop into bed (with)1951
ball1955
to make it1957
plank1958
score1960
naughty1961
pull1965
pleasurea1967
to have away1968
to have off1968
dork1970
shaft1970
bonk1975
knob1984
boink1985
fand-
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 37 Þey eteþ nouȝt, noþer deleþ wiþ hir wifes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 1197 Our lorde..bad he salde wiþ his wyf dele.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 49 An ye loue ani other than youre husbonde, or ani other dele withe you, sauf he only.
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 94 They go not to Church the day they have dealt with a woman, till they have wash'd themselves.
12. To have business communications with; to carry on negotiations, negotiate, treat with; sometimes implying secret or sinister dealings. archaic (and now associated with 13).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement [verb (intransitive)] > negotiate > negotiate with
bargainc1375
deal1393
entreata1400
entreaty1523
practise1538
trade1553
transact1584
temporize1587
relate1631
tryst1637
truckle1909
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 267 The grete clerken..com..To tret upon this lordes hele, So longe they to-gider dele [etc.].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 5848 Wid þe eldest folk of israel, wid pharao þai went to dele.
1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 12 It is generally better to deale by speech, then by letter, and by the mediation of a thirde then by a mans selfe.
1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iv. iv. sig. H Now haue they dealt with my Pothecary, to poyson mee. View more context for this quotation
1625 J. Ussher Let. 2 May in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) 132 I doubt not, but before this time you have dealt with Sir Peter Vanlore for obtaining Erpinus his..Persian books.
1630 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Princesse Elizabeth i. 127 The Bishop of Rosse dealt with the Duke as they were hawking, about a marriage.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 506 Wilkinson, a prisoner for debt..was dealt with to accuse him.
13. † b. transitive. To offer for sale. Obsolete. rare.
a. To carry on commercial transactions; to do business, trade, traffic (with a person, in an article).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)]
cheapc1000
chaffer1340
to make (a) market1340
merchandisec1384
merchantc1400
occupy1525
traffic1537
trade1557
to make a (also one's) mart1562
commerce1587
converse1598
negotiate1601
mart1602
intertraffic1603
nundinate1623
deala1627
market1636
correspond1682
to make (out) one's market1714
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxvii. 395 People, suche as I haue dault with all in their marchaundyse.
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Negociar To deale in businesse, to follow a trade.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trafiquer, to trafficke, trade,..commerce, deale in marchandise.]
a1627 T. Middleton Mayor of Quinborough (1661) iii. iii. 40 I deal in dogs leather.
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (1704) xv. 357 This is to drive a wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 65 Merchants care not to deal with him.
1733 A. Pope Impertinent 10 Who in the Secret, deals in Stocks secure, And cheats th' unknowing Widow, and the Poor.
1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 82 A traveller who deals..with several firms in this place.
1866 J. E. T. Rogers Hist. Agric. & Prices I. xxi. 530 Such persons dealt in finished goods.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > expose or offer for sale
cheapa1225
to set out13..
to put forthc1350
utter?c1400
market1455
offer1472
lovea1500
pitch1530
to set on (or a) sale1546
exposea1610
to bring to market1639
huckster1642
shop1688
deal1760
to put on the market1897
merchandise1926
1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 56 You would not have..the flints!.. Every pebble of 'em..He shall deal them as new pavement.
14. To have to do with (a thing) in any way; to busy or occupy oneself, to concern oneself with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > engage in or busy oneself about
fanda1375
entermetea1393
deala1400
makea1400
apply?c1400
to have in occupation?1523
lie1546
entreat1590
to consist in1606
tirea1616
stickle1647
to be in the business of1873
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1517 Iobal..Was first loger, and fee delt [Fairf. dalt] wit.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvii. 80 Any man þat deles with sorcery or enchauntementz.
1477 W. Pecock in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 421 There is no man wyllyng to del with youre swanys.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms lvii. 2 Youre handes deale with wickednesse.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. R2, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Speaking of friendship, I onely deale with such, whose actions [etc.].
1845–60 W. Thomson Outl. Laws of Thought Introd. 5 The mind deals with truth.
1869 Huxley in Sci. Opinion 21 Apr. 464 The first question with which I propose to deal.
1893 Law Times 95 26/2 That part of the Companies Act 1862 which deals with guarantee companies.
15. with in: To occupy, employ, or exercise oneself in (a thing); to have to do with, to make use of. (Now often approaching a figurative use of 13.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)] > make use of
occupy1558
deal1581
nuse1851
to make with ——1940
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions ix. 54 Among the best writers, that deale in this kinde.
1597 F. Bacon Ess. f. 6 Plaine dealing in denying to deale in Sutes at first, is growen..honourable.
1724 I. Watts Logick Ded. True Logic is not that noisy thing that deals all in dispute and wrangling.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 2 Aug. (1932) (modernized text) III. 1189 All malt liquors fatten, or at least bloat; and I hope you do not deal much in them.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxix. 103 A poor contracted understanding deals in little schemes.
1885 Manch. Examiner 6 July 5/2 Lord E. F——..deals in vague outlines, as if afraid of being too specific.
16. (a) to deal with: to act in regard to, administer, handle, dispose in any way of (a thing). (b) to handle effectively; to grapple with; to take successful action in regard to.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > strive or struggle against difficulties
deal1469
gripple1591
cope with1641
contend1783
strive1786
to grapple with1830
society > authority > control > [verb (transitive)] > manage or administer
steerc888
leadc1175
guyc1330
guidec1374
governa1382
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solicit1429
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handlea1470
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convoy?a1513
conveyc1515
mayne1520
to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handa1522
keepa1535
administrate1538
solicitate1547
to dispose of1573
manure1583
carry1600
manage1609
negotiate1619
conduct1632
to carry on1638
mesnage1654
nurse1745
work1841
operate1850
run1857
stage-manage1906
ramrod1920
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter)
takec1175
speedc1374
handc1440
to deal with1469
deduce1528
deal1586
wield1595
cope with1641
tractate1657
handlea1774
job1825
absorb1826
address1838
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter) > specific manner > definitely or successfully
disponec1374
to deal with1469
compone1523
compose1569
dispose1590
to dispose ofa1616
1469 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 23 He said that..he wold deele with you & yours, both be the law & besides the law.
1590 Sir P. Sidney Covntesse of Pembrokes Arcadia ii. iii. f. 112v If she hated me, yet I should know what passion to deale with.
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. vi. 153 He so abated their power..that a Dean and Chapter were able to deal with them.
1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 120 The Lungs are formed accordingly, so that they may the better deal with the Air admitted in Inspiration.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 142 A power more than sufficient to deal with Protector and Parliament together.
a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 33 The Long Parliament did not..propose to restrain him from dealing according to his pleasure with his parks and his castles, his fisheries and his mines.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §5. 137 It was with the general anarchy that Hubert had first to deal.
1891 Law Times 90 462/2 Mrs. Headley..swore that she had never knowingly transferred or dealt with the mortgage.
1891 Law Times 92 93/2 Restraining the defendants from selling or otherwise dealing with the shares.
17.
a. to deal with: to act towards (any one), to treat (in some specified way).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards
ateec1000
leadc1175
makec1175
farec1230
beleadc1275
dightc1275
beseec1300
servec1300
treatc1374
usea1382
proceeda1393
demean1393
to deal witha1400
treatc1400
to do to ——a1425
entreat?a1425
handc1440
ferea1450
entertain1490
ray1509
to do unto ——?1523
tract1548
deal1573
to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591
play1597
to comport with1675
to behave towards or to1754
usen1814
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16461 Iudas..be-hald and se Hu vile þat þai wit him delt.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1662 He..dalt with hir al in daynte.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxlvii. f. lxxviii In lyke maner as they had dalt with Burdeaux.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms cii[i]. 10 He hath not dealt with vs after our synnes.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 360 Sore displeased, that they were so hardly delt withall.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. xviii. 5 Deale gently for my sake with..Absalom. View more context for this quotation
1729 Bp. J. Butler Serm. ix, in Wks. (1874) II. 116 We ourselves shall one time or other be dealt with as we deal with others.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §6. 521 The Commons were dealing roughly with the agents of the Royal system.
b. with by (= in regard to) in same sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > follow (a course of behaviour) [verb (transitive)] > behave towards
ateec1000
leadc1175
makec1175
farec1230
beleadc1275
dightc1275
beseec1300
servec1300
treatc1374
usea1382
proceeda1393
demean1393
to deal witha1400
treatc1400
to do to ——a1425
entreat?a1425
handc1440
ferea1450
entertain1490
ray1509
to do unto ——?1523
tract1548
deal1573
to carry a strict (also severe, etc.) hand over (also upon, to)c1591
play1597
to comport with1675
to behave towards or to1754
usen1814
1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 3 That he wuld not deale so hardly bi me.
1675 H. Neville tr. N. Machiavelli State Germany in Wks. 267 The Venetians..have..dealt..honourably by him.
1754 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) vi. 43 If we would deal fairly by ourselves.
1877 M. E. Braddon Weavers & Weft 324 It will not be found that I have dealt unjustly by any one.
18. to deal on, upon: to set to work upon. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin or enter upon (an action) [verb (transitive)] > set to work upon or begin to deal with
to set about ——a1300
to set upon ——1555
fall1589
to deal on, upon1597
to break up1688
begin1808
to set up1857
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 75 Two deepe enemies, Foes to my rest..Are they that I would haue thee deale vpon. View more context for this quotation
1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. iii. sig. Piii What, will he deale vpon such quantities of Wine alone. View more context for this quotation
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxxiii. 46 Allured By their new vigour, sternly have they dealt On one another.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 93 ‘There is a man thou must deal upon, Bonthron,’ said the knight.
19. To act towards people generally (in some specified way); to conduct oneself, behave, act.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > behave, conduct, or bear oneself [verb (intransitive)]
i-bereeOE
workeOE
makeOE
fere1154
walka1200
steera1250
to take onc1275
fare1340
to fare with oneself1340
containa1375
to let latesa1400
usea1400
dealc1400
rulea1425
act1593
comport1616
carry1650
deport1667
demean1678
behave1721
conduct1754
to carry on1828
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1114 Þay dronken & daylyeden & dalten vntyȝtel, Þise lordeȝ & ladyeȝ.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1668 Þer þay dronken & dalten.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Josh. i. B Yt thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiii. 36 Let vs deale iustly. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. viii. 46 I..doubt not so to deale, As all things shall redound vnto your good. View more context for this quotation
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 152 Michaël Attaliates truly did ill..Nor indeed hath that eminent man dealt any better, who [etc.].
c1680 W. Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 446 O Lord I have..dealt falsly before thee.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 17 Dec. (1948) II. 441 They had better give up now, if she will not deal openly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > proceed or carry on an action [verb (intransitive)]
workeOE
doOE
proceedc1390
movec1400
precedec1425
deal1470
plough furrow1597
walka1653
process1835
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xiii Wel said syr Vwayne go on your waye and lete me dele.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 188 To the which the French King aunswered, that without the presence of the .xii. peeres he could not deale in so weightie a matter.
1577 M. Hanmer tr. Bp. Eusebius in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. viii. i. 145 To deale in matters of religion, both by worde and deede.
1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xxi. 44/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II No man would medle or deale to carrie the same awaie.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. i. 103 Do not you meddle, let me deale in this. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > conduct (an affair) > deal with (a matter)
takec1175
speedc1374
handc1440
to deal with1469
deduce1528
deal1586
wield1595
cope with1641
tractate1657
handlea1774
job1825
absorb1826
address1838
1586 Let. Earle Leycester 1 A late and weightie cause dealt in this Parliament.
Draft additions August 2007
a. intransitive. To sell illegal drugs. Also with in.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > sell specific things [verb (intransitive)] > sell illicit items
deal1958
peddle1978
1958 W. Motley Let No Man write my Epit. 130 I know they used to deal but I don't know if they're dealing now.
1965 ‘H. Williamson’ Hustler! 129 He said this broad's dealin' and that she got some nice stuff on.
1995 J. Miller Voxpop xvi. 209 Now I know 14- and 15-year-olds who carry blades, deal in drugs..back home you can buy grass, gange, shit like that off 12-year-olds.
2001 G. Joseph Homegrown xiii. 181 Apparently he was still dealing up there, and was doing better than he had in London.
b. transitive. To sell (illegal drugs).
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > selling > selling or sale of specific things > sell specific things [verb (transitive)] > sell illicit items > esp. narcotics
push1932
deal1965
supply1968
1965 C. Brown Manchild in Promised Land v. 147 If you were dealing horse, junkies were always around you.
1970 E. Knight Black Voices from Prison 67 His brothers dealt reefers around the neighborhood.
2000 ‘E. McBain’ Last Dance 160 Ramirez dealt cocaine.
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