| Beard (beard) |
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| n. | (b***emacr]rd) |
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| Beard |
| [OE. berd, AS.
beard; akin to Fries. berd, D. baard, G. bart,
Lith. barzda, OSlav. brada, Pol. broda, Russ.
boroda, L. barba, W. barf. Cf. 1st Barb.]
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The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and
adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
The long
hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
Long or stiff hairs on a plant;
the awn; as, the beard of grain.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other
instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn
out.
That part of the under side of a horse's lower
jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
That part of a type which is
between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
An imposition; a trick.
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| Beard (beard) |
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| v. t. | (b***emacr]rd) |
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| Beard |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Bearded] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Bearding.] |
To take by the beard] to seize,
pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
To oppose to the face; to set at
defiance.
To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters
and similar shellfish.
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