Dī’do, n.
n.; pl. Dī’DŌs. A trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; — so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, cut it into a long string to inclose more than was intended.
n.; pl. Dī’DŌs. A trick; an antic; a caper. To cut a dido, to play a trick; — so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, cut it into a long string to inclose more than was intended.