dead point

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. dead center.

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dead point British  

noun

1. another name for dead centre

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Etymology

Origin of dead point

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

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dead point

At the engine's "dead point," Lincoln said, even a single turn is "extremely difficult."

From Time Magazine Archive

To help him over this dead point the rest of my life was at his service.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

We lacqueys are like sporting dogs; we follow up the game, and when they stop their running, make a dead point, until our masters bag them for themselves.

From Olla Podrida by Frederick Marryat

But where we are at the foot of the rise it is a dead point for the artillery.

From Under Fire: the story of a squad by Fitzwater Wray

We will now proceed to notice those passages, which are applied to the immortal and general resurrection of the dead, point out their misapplication, and reconcile them with the views we have advanced.

From Twenty-Four Short Sermons On The Doctrine Of Universal Salvation by John Bovee Dods