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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.

Beady: Definition and part of speech

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Beady

  1. a. Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
  2. a. Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
  3. a. Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.

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.

Beagle: Definition and part of speech

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Beagle

  1. n. Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
  2. n. A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.

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.

Beak: Definition and part of speech

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Beak

  1. n. A magistrate or policeman.
  2. n. The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
  3. n. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
  4. n. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
  5. n. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
  6. n. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
  7. n. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
  8. n. A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
  9. n. That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
  10. n. A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
  11. 1n. 1 A magistrate or policeman.
  12. 1n. 1 The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.

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.