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

Bedelry :: Bedelry (n.) Beadleship.

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

Wire :: Wire (v. t.) To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads..

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

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

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

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..

Bedell :: Bedell (n.) Same as Beadle.

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

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

Unstring :: Unstring (v. t.) To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads..

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..

Beadswoman :: Beadswoman (n.) Alt. of Bedeswoma.

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..

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

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..

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

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

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