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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.

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

Bead :: Bead (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim)..

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

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.

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..

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..

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

Bead :: Bead (n.) A prayer.

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

Beaded :: Beaded (imp. & p. p.) of Bea.

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

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

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

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..

Beadsnake :: Beadsnake (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black..

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

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

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