See Also: deacon(medicine)
deacon(1)(dictionary)
deacon(2)(dictionary)
deacon(dictionary)
Jones, Deacon(encyclopedia)
DEACON, Eccl(law)

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.