Deadly Weapon
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
Such weapons or Instruments as are made and designed for offensive or defensive purposes or for the destruction of life or the infliction of injury.
Com. v. Branham, 8 Bush (Ky.) 387.
A deadly weapon is one likely to produce death or great bodily harm.
People v. Fuqua, 58 Cal. 245.
A deadly weapon ls one which in the manner used is capable of producing death, or of inflicting great bodily injury, or seriously wounding.
McReynolds v. State, 4 Tex. App. 327.