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A prayer. |
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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. |
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Any small globular body |
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A bubble in spirits. |
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A drop of sweat or other liquid. |
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A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim
(whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). |
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A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually
an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short
embossments. |
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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. |
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To ornament with beads or beading. |
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To form beadlike bubbles. |
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