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  • English Word Beard Definition In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
  • English Word Beard Definition Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
  • English Word Beard Definition A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
  • English Word Beard Definition That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
  • English Word Beard Definition That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
  • English Word Beard Definition An imposition; a trick.
  • English Word Beard Definition To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
  • English Word Beard Definition To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.
  • English Word Beard Definition To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.
  • English Word Bearded Definition of Beard
  • English Word Bearded Definition Having a beard.
  • English Word Beardie Definition The bearded loach (Nemachilus barbatus) of Europe.
  • English Word Bearding Definition of Beard
  • English Word Beardless Definition Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.
  • English Word Beardless Definition Destitute of an awn; as, beardless wheat.
  • English Word Beardlessness Definition The state or quality of being destitute of beard.
  • English Word Bearer Definition One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
  • English Word Bearer Definition Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.
  • English Word Bearer Definition A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.
  • English Word Bearer Definition A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
  • English Word Bearer Definition One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
  • English Word Bearer Definition A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
  • English Word Bearherd Definition A man who tends a bear.
  • English Word Bearhound Definition A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
  • English Word Bearing Definition of Bear
  • English Word Bearing Definition The manner in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage.
  • English Word Bearing Definition Patient endurance; suffering without complaint.
  • English Word Bearing Definition The situation of one object, with respect to another, such situation being supposed to have a connection with the object, or influence upon it, or to be influenced by it; hence, relation; connection.
  • English Word Bearing Definition Purport; meaning; intended significance; aspect.
  • English Word Bearing Definition The act, power, or time of producing or giving birth; as, a tree in full bearing; a tree past bearing.