Part 1105

<blockquote>As many as ye shall find, <b>bid</b> to the marriage. <i>Matt. xxii. 9</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To bid beads</col>, <cd>to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> -- <col>To bid defiance to</col> , <cd>to defy openly; to brave.</cd> -- <col>To bid fair</col>, <cd>to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.</syn>

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<hw>Bid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> of <er>Bid</er>.</def>

<h1>Bid</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.</def>

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<hw>Bid</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bid</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pray.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.</def>

<h1>Bidale</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"ale`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bid</ets> + <ets>ale</ets>.]</ety> <def>An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Biddable</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"da*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Obedient; docile.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

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<hw>Bid"den</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Bid</er>.</def>

<h1>Bidder</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>biddere</ets>. ]</ety> <def>One who bids or offers a price.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Biddery ware</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"der*y ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[From <ets>Beder</ets> or <ets>Bidar</ets> a town in India.]</ety> <def>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.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also bidry, <asp>bidree</asp>, <asp>bedery</asp>, <asp>beder</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Bidding</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"ding</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Command; order; a proclamation or notifying.</def> "Do thou thy master's <i>bidding</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.</def>

<h1>Bidding prayer</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"ding prayer`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.</def>