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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..

Bluegown :: Bluegown (n.) One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed certain alms, including a blue gown; a beadsman..

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..

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..

Null :: Null (n.) One of the beads in nulled work.

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

Bedelry :: Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.

Arango :: Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

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..

Beadleship :: Beadleship (n.) The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle..

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

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

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..

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

Passementerie :: Passementerie (n.) Beaded embroidery for women's dresses.

Psalter :: Psalter (n.) A rosary, consisting of a hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the psalms..

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

Beady :: Beady (a.) Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor..

Seawant :: Seawant (n.) The name used by the Algonquin Indians for the shell beads which passed among the Indians as money.

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

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