Part 977

<hw>Beard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bearded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bearding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To oppose to the gills; to set at defiance.</def>

<blockquote>No admiral, <b>bearded</b> by three corrupt and dissolute minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter something about a court martial. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and similar shellfish.</def>

<h1>Bearded</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Beard"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a beard.</def> "<i>Bearded</i> fellow." <i>Shak</i>. "<i>Bearded</i> grain." <i>Dryden</i>.

<cs><mcol><col>Bearded vulture</col>, <col>Bearded eagle</col></mcol>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Lammergeir</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bearded tortoise</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Matamata</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Beardie</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Beard"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Beard</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The bearded loach (<spn>Nemachilus barbatus</spn>) of Europe.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Beardless</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Beard"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without a beard. Hence: Not having arrived at puberty or manhood; youthful.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of an awn; <as>as, <ex>beardless</ex> wheat</as>.</def>

<h1>Beardlessness</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Beard"less*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being destitute of beard.</def>

<h1>Bearer</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.</def> "<i>Bearers</i> of burdens." <i>2 Chron. ii. 18</i>. "The <i>bearer</i> of unhappy news."

<i> Dryden.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.</def>

<i> Milton.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.</def> <mark>[India]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A tree or plant yielding fruit; <as>as, a good <ex>bearer</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; <as>as, pay to <ex>bearer</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.</def>

<h1>Bearherd</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"herd`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A man who tends a bear.</def>

<h1>Bearhound</h1> <Xpage=128>

<hw>Bear"hound`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A hound for baiting or hunting bears.</def>

<i>Car<?/<?/le.</i>