bead

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1. bead - Noun

2. bead - Verb

Meaning

A prayer.

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.

Any small globular body

A bubble in spirits.

A drop of sweat or other liquid.

A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).

A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments.

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.

To ornament with beads or beading.

To form beadlike bubbles.

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he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops Source: Internet

beads of sweat on his forehead Source: Internet

bead the wedding gown Source: Internet

A hand rosary is a decade in a complete loop, with one bead separated from ten other beads, this is meant to be carried while walking or running, so as not to entangle the larger type. Source: Internet

Any other proteins binding to the biotinylated molecule will also stay with the bead and all other unbound proteins can be washed away. Source: Internet

Anglo-Saxon glass beads show a wide variety of bead manufacturing techniques, sizes, shapes, colours and decorations. Source: Internet

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