dead centre
noun
the exact top (top dead centre) or bottom (bottom dead centre) of the piston stroke in a reciprocating engine or pump
a pointed rod mounted in the tailstock of a lathe to support a workpiece
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Also called: dead point
Words nearby dead centre
deadbolt, deadboy, dead bury their dead, Let the, dead-cat bounce, dead center, dead centre, dead data, dead drop, dead drunk, dead duck, deaden
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They half start, an' then they stick on a dead-centre, an' blame it all on other folk's ways o' treatin' them.
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