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

Wampum :: Wampum (n.) Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament..

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

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A line with a row of hooks and bead/shaped sinkers.

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..

Bead :: Bead (n.) A bubble in spirits.

Bead :: Bead (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..

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

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..

Beading :: Beading (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky..

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

Moniliform :: Moniliform (a.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna..

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

Beadle :: Beadle (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.

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

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

Bedesman :: Bedesman (n.) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman..

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

Full-winged :: Full-winged (a.) Beady for flight; eager.

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

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