BPage 67
- English Word Beadle Definition An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of duties, as the preservation of order in church service, the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
- English Word Beadlery Definition Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
- English Word Beadleship Definition The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.
- English Word Beadroll Definition A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
- English Word Beadsman Definition Alt. of Bedesman
- English Word Beadsnake Definition A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.
- English Word Beadswoman Definition Alt. of Bedeswoman
- English Word Beadwork Definition Ornamental work in beads.
- English Word Beady Definition Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
- English Word Beady Definition Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
- English Word Beady Definition Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
- English Word Beagle Definition A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Beagle Definition Fig.: A spy or detective; a constable.
- English Word Beak Definition The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
- English Word Beak Definition A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
- English Word Beak Definition The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
- English Word Beak Definition The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
- English Word Beak Definition The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
- English Word Beak Definition Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
- English Word Beak Definition A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
- English Word Beak Definition That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
- English Word Beak Definition A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
- English Word Beak Definition Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
- English Word Beak Definition A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
- English Word Beak Definition A magistrate or policeman.
- English Word Beaked Definition Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped.
- English Word Beaked Definition Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate.
- English Word Beaker Definition A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard.
- English Word Beaker Definition An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat.
- English Word Beakhead Definition An ornament used in rich Norman doorways, resembling a head with a beak.