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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..

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..

Arango :: Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

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

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

Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

Bubble :: Bubble (n.) A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.

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

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

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

Full-winged :: Full-winged (a.) Beady for flight; eager.

Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads..

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