1829, Robert Southey, A Tale of Paraguay, Canto IV, XXXVIII, The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, page 569,The sunny hue that tinged her cheek was gone, A deathy paleness settled in its stead;
1836, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick of Slickville, First Series, 1840, page 83,The deathy stillness of a town, and the barred windows, and shut shops, and empty streets, and great long lines of big brick buildins, look melancholy.
1837, Mr. Proctor, Case of a Cow Destroyed by Three Pints of Vinegar, The Farmer's Magazine, Volume 6: January—June, page 12,Ears and extremities deathy cold throughout; appetite gone.
