Deaconing

verb

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