" ALMSDEED (ALMSDEED) n.s.[from alms and deed.]An act of charity; a charitable gift. This woman was full of good works, and almsdeeds which she did.BibleActs,ix. 36. Hard favour’d Richard, where art thou?Thou art not here: murder is thy almsdeed;Petitioner for blood thou ne’er put’st back.Shakespeare’sHenry VI. "