Difference between revisions of "Bead"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) [[A]] bubble in spirits. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) [[A]] drop of sweat or other liquid. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[A]] small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). </p> <p> '''(5):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) [[A]] small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) Any small globular body </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) [[A]] prayer. </p> <p> '''(10):''' (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:11, 13 October 2021
Bead [1]
(1): (n.) A bubble in spirits.
(2): (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
(3): (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
(4): (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
(5): (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.
(6): (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
(7): (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.
(8): (n.) Any small globular body
(9): (n.) A prayer.
(10): (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
