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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deal \Deal\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deal \Deal\ (d[=e]l), n. [OE. del, deel, part AS d[=ae]l; akin to OS d[=e]l, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw del, Goth. dails. [root]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. Note: 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 Note: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deal \Deal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dealt} (d[e^]lt); p. pr & vb n. {Dealing}.] [OE. delen, AS d[=ae]lan, fr d[=ae]l share; akin to OS d[=e]lian, D. deelen, G. theilen teilen, Icel. deila, Sw dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan See {Deal}, n.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: deal adj : made of fir or pine; "a plain deal table" n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a master of the business deal" [syn: {trade}, {business deal}] 2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals" [syn: {bargain}] 3: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent: "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot}, {mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile}, {plenty}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {sight}, {slew}, {spate}, {stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}] 4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) 5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) [syn: {softwood}] 6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand" [syn: {hand}] 7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car" 8: (card game) the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise" 9: the act of apportioning or distributing something "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions" v 1: deal with verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization" [syn: {cover}, {treat}, {handle}, {work}, {plow}, {address}] 2: consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn: {consider}, {take}, {look at}] 3: take action with respect to (someone or something): "How are we going to deal with this problem?" "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students" 4: come to terms or deal successfully with "We got by on just a gallon of gas." [syn: {cope}, {get by}, {make out}, {make do}, {contend}, {grapple}, {manage}] 5: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone" [syn: {distribute}, {administer}, {mete out}, {parcel out}, {lot}, {dispense}, {shell out}, {deal out}, {dish out}, {allot}, {dole out}] 6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: {sell}, {trade}] 7: be in charge of act on or dispose of "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn: {manage}, {care}, {handle}] 8: behave in a certain way towards others "He deals fairly with his employees" 9: distribute (cards) to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?" 10: direct the course of manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this" [syn: {conduct}, {carry out}, {carry on}] 11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: {share}, {divvy up}, {portion out}, {apportion}] 12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades" 13: sell "deal hashish" From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Deal NJ (borough, FIPS 16660) Location: 40.24980 N, 73.99725 W Population (1990): 1179 (977 housing units) Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07723
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