"dead of winter" meaning in English

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          "text": "‘A cold coming we had of it,\nJust the worst time of the year\nFor a journey, and such a long journey:\n The ways deep and the weather sharp,\n The very dead of winter.’",
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          "text": "Eleanor chronicled both her solo journey from Beijing via the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Novosibirsk and Semipalatinsk and then via sled in the dead of winter to Chuguchak and the couple's subsequent travels in Turkestan Reunion. Their odyssey together across Xinjiang provided the framework for Lattimore's much broader cultural and historical observations in High Tartary.",
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        "The middle of the winter, characterized by being particularly cold."
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