Helen Fenton

Beamy: Definition and part of speech

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Beamy

  1. a. Having horns, or antlers.
  2. a. Emitting beams of light; radiant; shining.
  3. a. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bean: Definition and part of speech

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Bean

  1. n. The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans.
  2. n. A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bead: Definition and part of speech

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Bead

  1. 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.
  2. n. A prayer.
  3. 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.
  4. n. Any small globular body
  5. n. A bubble in spirits.
  6. n. A drop of sweat or other liquid.
  7. n. A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
  8. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beadle: Definition and part of speech

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Beadle

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. v. An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.