Definition of beard

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Beard (v. t.) To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.

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Larkspur :: Larkspur (n.) A genus of ranunculaceous plants (Delphinium), having showy flowers, and a spurred calyx. They are natives of the North Temperate zone. The commonest larkspur of the gardens is D. Consolida. The flower of the bee larkspur (D. elatum) has two petals bearded with yellow hairs, and looks not unlike a bee..
Darnel :: Darnel (n.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay..
Barbigerous :: Barbigerous (a.) Having a beard; bearded; hairy.
Ursuk :: Ursuk (n.) The bearded seal.
Sea Loach :: Sea loach () The three-bearded rockling. See Rockling.
Shave :: Shave (v. i.) To use a razor for removing the beard; to cut closely; hence, to be hard and severe in a bargain; to practice extortion; to cheat..
Hake''s-dame :: Hake's-dame (n.) See Forkbeard.
Pike-devant :: Pike-devant (n.) A pointed beard.
Lammergeier :: Lammergeier (n.) A very large vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them
Forkbeard :: Forkbeard (n.) A European fish (Raniceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard..
Smooth-chinned :: Smooth-chinned (a.) Having a smooth chin; beardless.
Awnless :: Awnless (a.) Without awns or beard.
Notwheat :: Notwheat (n.) Wheat not bearded.
Beard :: Beard (n.) An imposition; a trick.
Graybeard :: Graybeard (n.) An old man.
Bluebeard :: Bluebeard (n.) The hero of a mediaeval French nursery legend, who, leaving home, enjoined his young wife not to open a certain room in his castle. She entered it, and found the murdered bodies of his former wives. -- Also used adjectively of a subject which it is forbidden to investigate..
Beard :: Beard (n.) The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults..
Beard :: Beard (n.) A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out..
Shaving :: Shaving (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shaves; specifically, the act of cutting off the beard with a razor..
Barbet :: Barbet (n.) A bird of the family Bucconidae, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa..
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