How to pronounce deacon:
For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.
(animal husbandry) to kill a calf shortly after birth.
To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.
To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.