† picket-beardn.
Obsolete. rare.
A Protestant. Cf. picked adj.2 2a, piked adj.1 1a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > people with styles of hair > [noun] > with a pointed beard
pique-devant1636
picket-beard1670
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. iii. 73 A great dispute..betwixt a certain Picket-beard [It. vn certo Barbetta] (as they call them in Italy) or Protestant,..and a Catholick.
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