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Bugle :: Bugle (n.) An elongated glass bead, of various colors, though commonly black..

Pair :: Pair (n.) A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. A pair of beads. Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. Four pair of stairs. Macaulay. [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.].

Bluecoat :: Bluecoat (n.) One dressed in blue, as a soldier, a sailor, a beadle, etc..

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..

Beadhouse :: Beadhouse (n.) Alt. of Bedehous.

Beady :: Beady (a.) Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening..

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

Beady :: Beady (a.) Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads..

Hermit :: Hermit (n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

Bedehouse :: Bedehouse (n.) Same as Beadhouse.

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

Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.

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

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

Beadle :: Beadle (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..

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

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

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..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.

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