Definition of bead

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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..

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Bluecoat :: Bluecoat (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc..
Bead :: Bead (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..
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..
Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..
Subbrachial :: Subbeadle (n.) An under beadle.
Moniliform :: Moniliform (a.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna..
Passementerie :: Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.
Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
Beading :: Beading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bea.
Beadswoman :: Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoma.
Bead :: Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
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..
Azedarach :: Azedarach (n.) A handsome Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree..
Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..
Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..
Enamel :: Enamel (v. t.) A glassy, opaque bead obtained by the blowpipe..
Beadhouse :: Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehous.
Beadlery :: Beadlery (n.) Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
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