[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deal \deal\ d=el, n. oe. del, deel, part, as. d=ael; akin
   to os. d=el, d.  dan. deel, g. theil, teil, icel. deild,
   sw. del, goth. dails. root65. cf. 3d dole.
   1. a part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity,
      degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time
      and trouble; a deal of cold.
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            three tenth deals parts of an ephah of flour.
                                                  --num. xv. 9.
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            as an object of science it the celtic genius may
            count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power.
                                                  --m. arnold.
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            she was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect.
                                                  --w. black.
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   note: it was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a
         thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now
         obsolete or vulgar. in general, we now qualify the word
         with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by
         being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a
         great or good deal better or worse; that is, better
         by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.
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   2. the process of dealing cards to the players; also, the
      portion disturbed.
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            the deal, the shuffle, and the cut.   --swift.
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   3. distribution; apportionment. colloq.
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   4. an arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination
      of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations
      and political bargains. slang
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   5. prob. from d. deel a plank, threshing floor. see
      thill. the division of a piece of timber made by
      sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank
      of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding
      six feet in length. if narrower than this, it is called a
      batten; if shorter, a deal end.
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   note: whole deal is a general term for planking one and one
         half inches thick.
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   6. wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal.
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   deal tree, a fir tree. --dr. prior.
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see also:
dole thill deal tree 

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