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Definition of bead

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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..

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Bedelry :: Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.

Bead :: Bead (n.) Any small globular bod.

Beadhouse :: Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehous.

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc..

Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..

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)..

Bedeswoman :: Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.

Rigoll :: Rigoll (n.) A musical instrument formerly in use, consisting of several sticks bound together, but separated by beads, and played with a stick with a ball at its end..

Beadlery :: Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.

Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc..

Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.

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..

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..

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..

Beading :: Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.

Aggri :: Aggri (a.) Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture; as, aggry beads are found in Ashantee and Fantee in Africa..

Bead :: Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.

Comboloio :: Comboloio (n.) A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads..

Pair :: Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. A pair of beads. Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. Four pair of stairs. Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.].

Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament..