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Bead :: 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..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.

Duck :: Duck (v. t.) A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the person, resembling the motion of a duck in water..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc..

String :: String (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads..

Amber :: Amber (n.) A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric..

Comboloio :: Comboloio (n.) A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads..

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

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..

Margosa :: Margosa (n.) A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The M. Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic..

Rosary :: Rosary (n.) A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted..

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

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..

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

Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) Same as Beadsman.

Bead :: Bead (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.

Gaudy :: Gaudy (n.) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

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

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