bidder (bider)

[ Bidders at the auction of popularity. Burke. biddery-ware (bid'e-ri-war), n. Same as bidri . bidding (bid'ing), n. [ME. bidding , biddinge ; verbal n. of bid in both the original senses.] 1. Invitation; command; order; a proclamation or notifying. At his second bidding darkne fled. Milton, P. L., iii. 712. They had chalked upon a slate the psalmes that were to be sung, so that all the congregation might see it without the bidding of a Cleark. Evelyn, Diary, Aug. 19, 1641. Henry nominated Richard Henry Lee and Gray son for the two senators from Virginia, and they were chosen at his bidding. Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 354. 2. The act of making an offer at an auction: as, the bidding was lively.