deal

adj

Etymology: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill.

1. Made of deal.

   “A plain deal table”

   “Deal table in the middle, plain chairs all round the walls, on one end a large shining map, marked with all the colours of a rainbow.”

name

Etymology: From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.

1. A coastal town and civil parish with a town council in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3752).
2. A borough on the Jersey Shore, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, named after the Kentish town.
3. An unincorporated community near Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States.
4. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of thill.

1. Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).

   “1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 86, Some Houses were […] entirely lock’d up, the Doors padlockt, the Windows and Doors having Deal Boards nail’d over them,”

   “A brisk fire burned in the grate, there were three comfortable chairs, and a deal table with a water carafe, a bucket of coals, and a few other amenities.”

2. A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
3. A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

   “It shall not be lawful for any person to land any timber, planks or board, deals, staves, tar, pitch, turpentine, rozin or other the commodities aforesaid, on any part of the present quays within the city of Bristol, from any vessel coming into the said port...”

   “Swedish deals from ports in the Baltic”

phrase

1. Acronym of difficulty, execution, amplitude/altitude(height). landing

verb

Etymology: From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰail- (“part, watershed”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).

1. To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share.

   “The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.”

   “Rome deals out her blessings and her gold.”

2. To administer or give out, as in small portions.

   “"Away, proud woman!" said the Lady; "who ever knew so well as thou to deal the deepest wounds under the pretence of kindness and courtesy?"”

   “Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow.”

3. To take action with regard to someone or something.
4. To distribute cards to the players in a game.

   “I was dealt four aces.”

   “The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt.”

5. deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.

   “The boxer was dealt a blow to the head.”

   “This is a heavy-handed weapon attack that can be made with a two-handed weapon, that will deal damage equal to 4 times your size category”

6. To pitch.

   “The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.”

7. To have dealings or business.

   “Mr. Brownlow contrived to state his case; observing that, in the surprise of the moment, he had run after the boy because he saw him running away; and expressing his hope that, if the magistrate should believe him, although not actually the thief, to be connected with thieves; he would deal as leniently with him as justice would allow.”

   “When the spice flow stops, all eyes will turn to Arrakis. The Baron and the Emperor himself will be forced to deal with us.”

8. To conduct oneself, to behave.

   “In Deheubarth that now South-wales is hight, / What time king Ryence raign'd, and dealed right [...].”

9. To take action; to act.

   “Wel said syr Uwayne go on your waye, and lete me dele.”

10. To trade professionally (followed by in).

    “She deals in gold.”

11. To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

    “This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs.”

12. To be concerned with.

    “Science, it cannot be too often repeated, deals with tangible phenomena.”

13. To handle, to manage, to cope.

    “Then there was the sound of a struggle, and I knew that the attendants were dealing with him.”

    “I can't deal with this.”