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deadlight definition

dead·light (ded′līt′)

noun

  1. a round metal cover placed over a ship's porthole in stormy weather
  2. a window of heavy glass set in the deck or side of a ship
  3. a skylight made so as not to be opened

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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