Crossword clues for deadhead
deadhead
- Jerry Garcia fan ... or what each part of the answers to the starred clues can take
- Fan of Jerry Garcia's band
- Ineffective pill
- A nonenterprising person who is not paying his way
- A train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- Nitwit?
- Passenger with a free ticket
- Nonpaying passenger
- Emotionless boss to remove spent flowers
- Jerry Garcia fan ... or w
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feed \Feed\, n.
That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep.
A grazing or pasture ground.
--Shak.An allowance of provender given to a horse, cow, etc.; a meal; as, a feed of corn or oats.
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A meal, or the act of eating. [R.]
For such pleasure till that hour At feed or fountain never had I found.
--Milton. The water supplied to steam boilers.
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(Mach.)
The motion, or act, of carrying forward the stuff to be operated upon, as cloth to the needle in a sewing machine; or of producing progressive operation upon any material or object in a machine, as, in a turning lathe, by moving the cutting tool along or in the work.
The supply of material to a machine, as water to a steam boiler, coal to a furnace, or grain to a run of stones.
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The mechanism by which the action of feeding is produced; a feed motion. Feed bag, a nose bag containing feed for a horse or mule. Feed cloth, an apron for leading cotton, wool, or other fiber, into a machine, as for carding, etc. Feed door, a door to a furnace, by which to supply coal. Feed head.
A cistern for feeding water by gravity to a steam boiler.
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(Founding) An excess of metal above a mold, which serves to render the casting more compact by its pressure; -- also called a riser, deadhead, or simply feed or head --Knight. Feed heater.
(Steam Engine) A vessel in which the feed water for the boiler is heated, usually by exhaust steam.
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A boiler or kettle in which is heated food for stock.
Feed motion, or Feed gear (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine.
Feed pipe, a pipe for supplying the boiler of a steam engine, etc., with water.
Feed pump, a force pump for supplying water to a steam boiler, etc.
Feed regulator, a device for graduating the operation of a feeder.
--Knight.Feed screw, in lathes, a long screw employed to impart a regular motion to a tool rest or tool, or to the work.
Feed water, water supplied to a steam boiler, etc.
Feed wheel (Mach.), a kind of feeder. See Feeder, n., 8.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
by 1974 in sense of "devotee of the rock music band the Grateful Dead;" earlier (with lower-case) "one who rides for free on the railroads" (1866), and "non-paying spectator" (1841).
Wiktionary
n. (context slang English) A fan of the rock band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grateful%20Dead.
WordNet
n. a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible"
a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
Wikipedia
Deadhead or Dead Head is a name given to fans of the American psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead. In the 1970s, a number of fans began travelling to see the band in as many shows or festival venues as they could. With large numbers of people thus attending strings of shows, a community developed. Deadheads developed their own idioms and slang.
Much Deadhead-related historical material received or collected by the band over the years is housed in the Grateful Dead Archive of UC-Santa Cruz. Archive curator Nicholas Meriwether, who has also written extensively about the culture and its impact on society, states "The Grateful Dead archive is going to end up being a critical way for us to approach and understand the 1960s and the counterculture of the era...It’s also going to tell us a lot about the growth and development of modern rock theater, and it’s helping us understand fan culture."
Deadhead (or Deadheading) may refer to:
Usage examples of "deadhead".
Their bioengineered bodies were equipped with MINNs and eyes-up displays, so they had no difficulty in summoning a deadhead to their rooms for the most trivial of reasons.
Fortunately, the contract did not require him to let Renblant deadhead all the way to their final destination, though Renblant had tried to make that claim.
Although the eatery was crowded, Cunningham spotted Deadhead sitting by himself in an otherwise deserted corner.
A moment later there was another short, respectful knock on the door, and Chang led in two Egrets dragging Deadhead between them.
It took a few moments, but then Deadhead finally began to groan and squirm.
Warlock stepped over Deadhead, cowering on the floor, and came up to join Cunningham at the top of the dais.
Cunningham was at their head, after showing a happily drooling Deadhead the cardboard box on the candy counter and leaving him to it.
A tide of business-suited and khaki-and-short-sleeves deadhead people.
Several Deadheads are talking about what happened at a campground in St.
Soon other deadheads were having their long-term memories coming back to them.
Just as Mister Chicago predicted, a handful of deadheads came out of their fugue with their minds severely impaired, their personalities little changed from the way they had been before they were taken off the drugs.
Yet there were many deadheads who were openly mourning deceased family, relatives, and friends, and I gradually realized that my lack of remorse was strictly my own problem.
The deadheads nearest to me grab at my arms, while others clutch each other or huddle beneath the bedcovers.
Where I once had a few dozen confused deadheads, I now have a crew of seasoned spacefarers who know this vessel inside and out, and dozens more who will be resurrected before the ship arrives at the new world.
He was still a paid snitch, used by deadheads who would never understand.