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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)..

Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..

Bead :: Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

Bead :: Bead (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.

Subbrachial :: Subbeadle (n.) An under beadle.

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

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

Beadswoman :: Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoma.

Hermit :: Hermit (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

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..

Bluecoat :: Bluecoat (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc..

Beadsman :: Beadsman (n.) Alt. of Bedesma.

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.

Beading :: Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky..

Creaser :: Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes..

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..

Beadwork :: Beadwork (n.) Ornamental work in beads.

Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.

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..

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