a. Obedient; docile. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p. of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. biddere. ] One who bids or offers a price. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From Beder or Bidar a town in India. ] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened.
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n. [ A familiar form of Bridget. ] An Irish serving woman or girl. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Prohibited; interdicted. [ 1913 Webster ]
I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Forbidden fruit.
adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who forbids. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting;
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n. One who outbids. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth
Unbid; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]