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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..

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

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

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..

Beading :: Beading (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.

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

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

Baguette :: Baguette (n.) A small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead..

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Beadle :: Beadle (v.) A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

Bedelry :: Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.

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

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

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

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