deacon

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And again, when you catch a fellow off guard who seemed all right the first time, you may find that he deaconed himself for your benefit, and that all the big strawberries were on top.

From Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son by Lorimer, George Horace

Uncle Sam took off his hat, tied a red handkerchief round his head and, adjusting his glasses, read the hymn through, and then deaconed out two lines at a time for the people to sing.

From Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) by Pearson, Elizabeth Ware

His apples were not deaconed, his seeds were sure and reliable, and his milk was never watered.

From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by Cooke, George Willis

So the psalms were "lined" or "deaconed"; that is, a line was read by the deacon, and then sung by the congregation.

From Home Life in Colonial Days by Earle, Alice Morse

Then there are quieter prayer-meetings, with pious invocations, and slow psalms, "deaconed out" from memory by the leader, two lines at a time, in a sort of wailing chant.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various