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[Corruption of ay- doing, i. e., always doing.] Diligent, careful, attentive. ( Scotch.) "The curate is playing at dice wi' Cornet Graham. Be eldent and civil to them baith."-Scott: Old Mortality, ch. iv. ei-der, s . [Sw. ejder ; Icel. adur , ädar ( fugl ); Dan. eder ( fugl ), edder ( fugl ); Ger.eider ( gans ).] 1. The same as eider-duck or any other species of the genus. "The flinty couch we now must share Shall seem with down of eider piled." Scott: Lady of the Lake. 2. The same as eider-down sq. v.). eider-down, s. The soft and elastic down of the eider-duck.