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The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of
the human face, chiefly of male adults. |
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The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat. |
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The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in
some birds |
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The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth
or jaws of some fishes. |
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The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle. |
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The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster. |
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In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and
butterflies. |
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Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of
grain. |
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A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument,
projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out. |
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That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is
above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle. |
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That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the
shank and the face. |
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An imposition; a trick. |
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To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard
of (a man), in anger or contempt. |
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To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance. |
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To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
similar shellfish. |
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