A condemned prisoner walking to a death chamber or other place of execution. / Someone who is soon to die.

(idiomatic) Contraction of dead and buried.

plural of dead-air space

plural of dead man's switch

(obsolete) The volume of the conducting airways of the lung. This definition became inadequate once the alveolar dead space was described.

(anatomy) That volume of conducting airways of the lung, as measured by a cast of the airways.

(physiology) The volume of air in the alveoli of the lung which does not partake in the exchange of gas.

(colloquial) tired to the point of exhaustion, but still awake and out of bed

Synonym of fly biscuit

plural of dead fly biscuit