Bead definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BEAD, n. 1. A little perforated ball, to be strung on ... viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead" [syn: drop, bead, pearl] 3: a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture [syn: beading, bead, beadwork, astragal] v 1: form into beads, as of water ... or sweat, for example 2: decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" 3: string together like beads Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English bede prayer, prayer bead, from Old English bed, gebed prayer; akin to Old ...
bead tree definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots [syn: bead tree, jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma] Webster's 1913 ... States; -- called also, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree. 2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the ... used as a cathartic and emetic. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bead Bead, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. ...
Bead and butt definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bead Bead, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte ... used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid ...
Bead tool definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bead Bead, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte ... used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid ...
bead mould definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bead Bead, n. [OE. bede prayer, prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede, G. bitte ... used by the Roman Catholics to count their prayers, one bead being dropped down a string every time a prayer is said. Cf. Sp. cuenta bead, fr. contar to count. See Bid, in to bid ...
Angle bead definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Angle An"gle ([a^][ng ... window meet. --Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as Angle iron. Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any architectural ... the dip of strata. Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both. Curvilineal angle ...
quirk bead definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: beading formed ... groove separating it from the surface it decorates [syn: quirk bead, bead and quirk]
jumbie bead definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: West Indian ... larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds [syn: jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata]
Borax bead definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Borax Bo"rax, n. [OE ... is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.
jumby bead definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: West Indian ... larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds [syn: jumby bead, jumbie bead, Ormosia coarctata]
draw a bead on definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: aim with a gun; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" 2: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead on, aspire, aim, shoot for] Merriam Webster's phrasal to ...
black bead definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: erect shrub ... West Indies and Florida [syn: cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati]