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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Voiceless \Voice"less\, a.
1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb.
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I live and die unheard,
With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a
sword. --Byron.
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2. (Phon.) Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant;
surd.
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{Voiceless stop} (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible
sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a
surd mute, as p, t, k.
[1913 Webster] -- {Voice"less*ly}, adv. --
{Voice"less*ness}, n.
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