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Bead

noun

A small ball with a hole through the middle.

A shape that is spherical and small. Synonyms: drop, pearl. "Beads of sweat on his forehead"

A beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture. Synonyms: astragal, beading, beadwork.

verb

(past & past part. beaded; pres. part. beading)

Form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example.

Decorate by sewing beads onto.

String together like beads.

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"Bead" Quotes from Famous Books

... were soft as chamois leather and fitted his feet like gloves. A pair of leggings of scarlet cloth were drawn on, attached to a waist-belt, and bound below the knee with broad garters of variegated bead-work. ...

— The Dog Crusoe and His Master - A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... Captain Snaggs. "Didn't ye try to pizen me afore I went fur ye? It wer arter thet I drew a bead on ye ...

— The Island Treasure • John Conroy Hutcheson

... arms in thunder wield The avenging bolt, and shake the dreadful shield; Forsook by thee, in vain I sought thy aid When booming billows closed above my bead; Attend, unconquer'd maid! accord my vows, Bid the Great hear, and ...

— The Odyssey of Homer • Homer, translated by Alexander Pope

... little station under the furnaces, she stood, tall and distinguished, in her well-made coat and skirt and her broad grey velour hat. She held her umbrella, her bead chatelaine, and a little leather case in her grey-gloved hands, while Harry staggered out of the ugly little train with ...

— England, My England • D.H. Lawrence

... The black, bead-like eyes were on the face of Frank as he put these questions. Doubtless the old Moqui balanced every one well before ...

— The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon - or The Hermit of the Cave • James Carson

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