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cuenta
, abalorio
, gota
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Bead
- (v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
- (n.) A prayer.
- (n.) A bubble in spirits.
- (n.) Any small globular body
- (n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament; or used in a rosary for counting prayers, as by Roman Catholics and Mohammedans, whence the phrases to tell beads, to at ones beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
- (n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
- (n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.
- (n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe; as, the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.
- (v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
- (n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
Synonyms:
Astragal, Beading, Beadwork, Drop, Pearl,
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• Beading
- (n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
- (n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
Synonyms:
Astragal, Bead, Beadwork,
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• Beadsnake
- (n.) A small poisonous snake of North America (Elaps fulvius), banded with yellow, red, and black.
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