Definition of bead

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Bead (n.) A prayer.

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Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.
Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.
Beading :: Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky..
Beady :: Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor..
Beady :: Beady (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe..
Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim)..
Azedarach :: Azedarach (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree..
Bead :: Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..
Bead Proof :: Bead proof () A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken..
Wampum :: Wampum (n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament..
Passementerie :: Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
Gaudy :: Gaudy (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..
Beadwork :: Beadwork (n.) Ornamental work in beads.
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