Definition of bead

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Bead (n.) A prayer.

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Beading :: Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
Beady :: Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor..
Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads..
Creaser :: Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes..
Beading :: Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Bead :: Bead (n.) Any small globular bod.
Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..
Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads..
Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.
Beadlery :: Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
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)..
Bedell :: Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments..
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..
Bedeswoman :: Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.
String :: String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments..
Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
Beading :: Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky..
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