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The earth. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Erd shrew (Zoöl.), the common European shrew (Sorex vulgaris); the shrewmouse.

Hostile to priests or the priesthood. Waterland.

ors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

A man who tends a bear.

,n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.] A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

A green pigment present in the bile, formed from bilirubin by oxidation.

A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

One whose occupation is to tend cows.

That which is lost or destroyed. [R.] Paley.

, adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic]

Loss; destruction. [Archaic] Sir T. Browne.

Doing daring or chivalrous deeds. [Obs.] "In derdoing arms." Spenser.

Mutual dealings; intercourse. [Obs.] The enterdeal of princes strange. Spenser.

Everlasting. Shak.

imp. of Fare. Chaucer.

A measure of land mentioned in Domesday Book. It is supposed to have consisted of a few acres only. [Obs.]

Fearfulness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A coarse frock or loose upper garment formerly worn by Jews; a mean dress. Shak.

See Gabardine.