beadedadj.
/ˈbiːdɪd/ 1.
a. Worked or ornamented with beads.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > ornamented with beads
beaded1587
bugle1611
bugled1730
beady1892
bead-worked1909
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 858/1 A cloake of broched sattin..beded from the shoulder to the wast.
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 205 The other cap is also embroidered or beaded.
b. Having bead-like protuberances upon the edge.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > having (a) protuberance(s) > having small protuberances on the edge
beaded1697
1697 London Gaz. No. 3298/4 One Beaded Salver without Arms.
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 27 Sisymbrium Trio..London Rocket..valves beaded.
1870 J. Tyndall Heat (ed. 4) viii. App. 261 A beaded line of great beauty was observed.
c. Furnished with or wearing beads.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > jewellery of specific shape or form > [adjective] > beaded
beaded1805
1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. xxi. 384 His neck with hearts Beaded.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 July 6/2 Monks..cowled, sandalled, beaded, and picturesque.
d. Applied to a projection screen (see quot. 1959).
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1936 Amateur Cine World Mar. 552/2 Beaded screens are..brighter than white and some makes are brighter than silver.
1938 G. H. Sewell Amateur Film-making vi. 60 There are three types of screen available,..white..silver..beaded.
1959 W. S. Sharps Dict. Cinematogr. 127/2 Beaded screen, a beaded projection screen is surfaced with small glass beads and a brilliant image is obtained that is strongly directional towards the projector.
2.
a. Formed into or like beads.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > very small sphere or pellet > formed into
pearled1600
beaded1609
pelleted1943
pelletized1948
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K2 A thousand fauours from a maund she drew, Of amber christall and of bedded Iet.
1820 J. Keats Ode to Nightingale in Lamia & Other Poems 108 With beaded bubbles winking at the brim.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton ii. 15 Portraits..in which the women have all beaded black eyes.
b. Strung out like beads.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > strung out
strung out1902
beaded1937
1937 S. W. Wooldridge & R. S. Morgan Physical Basis Geogr. xxii. 388 Thus a series of fans or deltas may be strung along the ‘feeding esker’, like beads on a string. To such a form the term ‘beaded esker’ is applied.
1956 J. C. Swayne Conc. Gloss. Geogr. Terms 22 Beaded lakes, strings of long, narrow lakes between sand dunes.
3. Covered with bubbles.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [adjective] > qualities
cornyc1386
foggy1619
well-wrought1626
slape1671
notty1725
of the first strike1819
yeast-bitten1829
beaded1884
1884 Harper's Mag. Sept. 533/2 Beakers of beaded ale.
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a. Architecture. Having a bead-moulding.
b. Applied to a thickened, rounded rim, = bead rim n. at bead n. Compounds 2b.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > rim
brink1382
berda1425
edgea1450
lip1592
beaded1917
bead rim1936
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > [noun] > that which forms the edge or border > thickened and rounded
beaded1917
bead rim1936
bead1962
1917 Bulleid & Gray Glastonbury Lake Village II. xvi. 519 Bowls with beaded rims, a type of pottery belonging to the latter part of the La Tène III period.
Compounds
beaded-edge n. defining a kind of pneumatic tyre with bead or thickened edge that fits into the turned-over rim of the wheel.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [adjective] > fitted with tyres > attributes of tyres
steel-studdeda1400
white-walled1720
punctured1896
sidewall1901
beaded-edge1902
treaded1906
low-profile1922
whitewall1930
run-flat1941
whitewall1957
bald1958
bias-ply1964
cross-ply1965
studded1966
treadless1968
1902 Windsor Mag. May (advt.) Wired or beaded edges optional.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 19 Sept. 9/1 The Bartlett beaded-edge—or, as it is more generally known, the Clincher—tyre.
beaded lightning n. bead lightning (see bead n. Compounds 2).
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > lightning > bead or forked lightning
chain lightning1825
beaded lightning1889
bead lightning1899
streak lightning1916
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [noun] > lightning > specific types
fireball1611
forked lightning1611
summer lightning1679
ball of fire1684
thunder-ball1686
sheet lightning1794
wildfirea1831
heat-lightning1834
globular lightning1843
ribbon lightning1888
beaded lightning1889
bead lightning1899
1889 Morning Post 29 June 5/7 Photographs of lightning..arranged..according to their form—stream,..beaded..lightning.
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