bead /bēd/

1. A small ball strung with others in a rosary, for counting prayers
2. A prayer (obsolete)
3. A small ball or similar ornament pierced for stringing to form a necklace, etc
4. A bead-like drop
5. The front sight of a gun
6. A narrow moulding orig of semicircular section, sometimes broken into bead-like parts, now in various shapes, used esp for edging, covering small gaps, etc
7. The flange of a tyre

To provide with beads or beading

To form a bead or beads

beadˈed adjective

1. Having beads or a bead
2. In bead-like form

beadˈing noun

1. Bead moulding
2. Work in beads

beadˈy adjective

1. Bead-like, small and bright (as eyes)
2. Covered with beads or bubbles

beadˈ-house noun

1. Orig a chapel
2. An almshouse whose inmates were required to pray for the founder's soul

beadˈ-proof adjective

Of such proof or strength as to carry beads or bubbles after shaking, as alcoholic liquors

beadˈ-roll noun

1. Orig a list of the dead to be prayed for, hence a list of names, a long series
2. A rosary

beadsˈman, bedesˈman or beadsˈwoman noun

1. A person bound or endowed to pray for others
2. A licensed beggar (Scot)

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