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Beard   /bɪrd/   Listen
noun
Beard  n.  
1.
The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts of the human face, chiefly of male adults.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The long hairs about the face in animals, as in the goat.
(b)
The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds
(c)
The appendages to the jaw in some Cetacea, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
(d)
The byssus of certain shellfish, as the muscle.
(e)
The gills of some bivalves, as the oyster.
(f)
In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
3.
(Bot.) Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn; as, the beard of grain.
4.
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
5.
That part of the under side of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
6.
(Print.) That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
7.
An imposition; a trick. (Obs.)
Beard grass (Bot.), a coarse, perennial grass of different species of the genus Andropogon.
To one's beard, to one's face; in open defiance.


verb
Beard  v. t.  (past & past part. bearded; pres. part. bearding)  
1.
To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
2.
To oppose to the face; to set at defiance. "No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial."
3.
To deprive of the gills; used only of oysters and similar shellfish.





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"Beard" Quotes from Famous Books



... gransiere has not much beside his beard to keep him warm, and the time draws near," the old man answered with pleasant ...
— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
... long white beard, and, being blind, was guided by a little dog, who went before him with a collar round his neck. To this a cord was fastened, which the poor blind ...
— Forgotten Tales of Long Ago • E. V. Lucas
... half-risen from his armchair above the fire, standing on the hearth-rug, his body bent and his hand on the chair arm. He is a little, feeble old man with a well-shaped head and weather-beaten face, set off by a grizzled beard and whiskers, wiry and vigorous, in curious contrast to the wreath of snowy hair that encircles his head. His upper lip is shaven. He wears an old suit—the unbuttoned waistcoat of which shows an old flannel shirt. His slippers are low at the heel and his ...
— The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays • Various
... side with a piece of green cloth| sewed with twine;|| upon his back| was a well-filled knapsack,|| in his hand| he carried an enormous knotted stick;|| his stockingless feet| were in hobnailed shoes;|| his hair was cropped|| and his beard long. ...
— The Ontario High School Reader • A.E. Marty
... pair of ponies dashed round the corner and suddenly stopped—obstructed by half-a-dozen men lying in the way. A tall gentleman, with a very broad forehead, a very small nose, and a profusion of grey beard, sprang out, and went up to the landlord, who stood ...
— The Toilers of the Field • Richard Jefferies


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