Bead(n.) A prayer.
Bead(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 one's beads, to bid beads, etc., meaning, to be at prayer.
Bead(n.) Any small globular body
Bead(n.) A bubble in spirits.
Bead(n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid.
Bead(n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
Bead(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.
Bead(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.
Bead(v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles.
Bead(v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading.
Beaded(imp. & p. p.) of Bead
Beading(n.) Molding in imitation of beads.
Beading(n.) The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
Beading(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bead
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