Definition of bead

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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..

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Bedelry :: Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.
Bedeswoman :: Bedeswoman (n.) Fem. of Beadsman.
Beady :: Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor..
Beadlery :: Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water..
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..
Subbrachial :: Subbeadle (n.) An under beadle.
Passementerie :: Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
Beadleship :: Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle..
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
Wampum :: Wampum (n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament..
Beadswoman :: Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoma.
Necklace :: Necklace (n.) A string of beads, etc., or any continuous band or chain, worn around the neck as an ornament..
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.].
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
Gaudy :: Gaudy (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.
Psalter :: Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms..
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
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