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DEAL

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 896 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DEAL  . (1) . (A

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common Teutonic word for a
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part or portion, cf . Ger . Tell, and the Eng. variant " dole "), a division or part, obsolete except in such phrases as " a
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great deal " or " a good deal," where it equals quantity or lot . From the verb ". to deal," meaning primarily to
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divide into parts, come such uses as for the giving out of cards to the players in a
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game, or for a business transaction . (2) (Also a Teutonic word, meaning a
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plank or board, cf . Ger . Diele, Dutch deel), strictly a
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term in
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carpentry and
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joinery for a sawn plank, usually of pine or
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fir, 9 in. wide and 2 to 42 in. thick . (See JOINERY.) The word is also used more loosely of the
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timber from which such deals are cut, thus " white deal " is used of the wood of the Norway spruce, and " red deal " of the Scotch pine .

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