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a. [ See Dere, v. t. ] Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [ Obs. ] “In derdoing arms.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. guerdon, guerredon, LL. widerdonum (influenced by L. donum gift, cf. Donation ), fr. OHG. widarlōn; widar again, against (G. wider wieder) + lōn reward, G. lohn, akin to AS. leán Goth. laun. See Withers. ] A reward; requital; recompense; -- used in both a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

So young as to regard men's frown or smile
As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. guerdonner, guerredonner. See Guerdon, n. ] To give guerdon to; to reward; to be a recompense for. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Him we gave a costly bribe
To guerdon silence. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. guerredonable. ] Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without reward or guerdon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison. ] (Agric.) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Arch.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lignum wood + perdere to destroy: cf. F. ligniperde. ] (Zool.) Wood-destroying; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; wolf + &unr_; to break wind. ] (Bot.) A genus of fungi, remarkable for the great quantity of spores, forming a fine dust, which is thrown out like smoke when the plant is compressed or burst; puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Master + -dom. ] Dominion; rule; command. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Overdid p. p. Overdone p. pr. & vb. n. Overdoing. ] 1. To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to exaggerate; to carry too far. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything so overdone is from the purpose of playing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To overtask. or overtax; to fatigue; to exhaust; as, to overdo one's strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To surpass; to excel. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To cook too much; as, to overdo the meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To labor too hard; to do too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who overdoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cooked too long; overcooked. [ PJC ]

n. Too great a dose; an excessive dose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Peerage; also, a lordship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- re- + guerdon: cf. OF. reguerdonner. ] To reward. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sacerdotalis, fr. sacerdos, -otis, a priest, fr. sacer holy, sacred: cf. F. sacerdotal. ] Of or pertaining to priests, or to the order of priests; relating to the priesthood; priesty; as, sacerdotal dignity; sacerdotal functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belongs to intellectual superiority. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system, style, spirit, or character, of a priesthood, or sacerdotal order; devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sacerdotal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who underdoes; a shirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Underdelve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of an usher; ushership; also, ushers, collectively. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]