{ Per*du", Per*due" } (pẽr*dū"
or pẽr"d?), a. [F. perdu,
f. perdue, lost, p. p. of perdre to lose, L.
perdere. See Perdition.] 1.Lost to
view; in concealment or ambush; close.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the
round.
Fuller.
2.Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate
enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue
captain." Beau. & Fl.
Per*du" (pẽr*dū" or
pẽr"d?), n. [See Perdu,
a.] 1.One placed on watch, or
in ambush.