| Bead (bead) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Bead |
| [OE. bede prayer,
prayer bead, AS. bed, gebed, prayer; akin to D. bede,
G. bitte, AS. biddan, to ask, bid, G. bitten to ask,
and perh. to Gr. pei`qein to persuade, L. fidere to
trust. |
A prayer.
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 be at one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning,
to be at prayer.
Any small globular body
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To
ornament with beads or beading.
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To form beadlike
bubbles.
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