Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An organic compound with antiasthma properties, found in onions.
n. (plural of oenocyte English)
n. The state of being comprehensive.
n. (plural of mittimus English)
n. The state or quality of being private or interior to the person
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To overwhelm. 2 (context transitive English) To surround; to cover.
a. (alternative spelling of dead set English) n. (alternative spelling of dead set English)
Usage examples of "dead-set".
But, somehow, the feeling niggled at him that she was not as dead-set against a free-trade port as he was.
Mr Hartley was dead-set against changing the town's name to one suggested by a man who had proved to be a thief, fornicator, false prophet, and all-round snake in the grass.