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One who tends goats. Spenser.

One who takes care of geese.

a good and a bad sense. Macaulay. So young as to regard men's frown or smile As loss or guerdon of a glorious lot. Byron. He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies. Knolles.

Worthy of reward. Sir G. Buck.

Without reward or guerdon.

To deal in small wares. [R.] To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles.

dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. [Obs.] The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne.

The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke.

A cod salted and dried. Ainsworth.

An ancient long-handled weapon, of which the head had a point and several long, sharp edges, curved or straight, and sometimes additional points. The heads were sometimes of very elaborate form. [Written also halbert.]

Hastate.

One who is armed with a halberd. Strype.

A number of beasts assembled together; as, a herd of horses, oxen, cattle, camels, elephants, deer, or swine; a particular stock or family of cattle. The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea. Gray.

A book containing the list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

A herdsman. [R.]

A rare fluophosphate of glucina, in small white crystals.

A shepherdess; a female herder. Sir P. Sidney. Chaucer.

A herdsman. [Obs.]

A kind of low-hung cab.

The owner or keeper of a herd or of herds; one employed in tending a herd of cattle.