See Also: bird cherry(medicine)
deacon(dictionary)
deacon(2)(dictionary)
deacon(medicine)
deacon(1)(dictionary)
DEACON, Eccl(law)
Jones, Deacon(encyclopedia)
bird(2)(dictionary)
qua-bird(dictionary)
hum-bird(dictionary)

deacon(2) (iou) and bird cherry (medicine)


deacon(2) (iou)



deacon verb trans. M19.
[from the noun.]
Read aloud (a hymn etc.) one or two lines at a time, before it is sung. Freq. foll. by off. US colloq. M19.
Pack (fruit etc.) with the finest specimens on top; gen. alter so as to deceive, display deceptively. US colloq. M19.
Admit to the office of deacon. L20.

bird cherry (medicine)


bird cherry
<botany> A shrub (Prunus Padus) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.

Source: Websters Dictionary