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Small decorative object with central hole
A bead is a small, decorative object that is formed in a variety of shapes and sizes of a material such as stone, bone, shell, glass, plastic, wood, or
Bead
Test for the presence of certain metals
The bead test is a traditional part of qualitative inorganic analysis to test for the presence of certain metals. The oldest one is the borax bead test
Bead_test
Novel by Hermann Hesse (1943)
The Glass Bead Game (German: Das Glasperlenspiel, pronounced [das ˈɡlaːspɛʁlənˌʃpiːl] ) is the last full-length novel by the German author Hermann Hesse
The_Glass_Bead_Game
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up bead in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A bead is a decorative object. Bead may also refer to: Bead (woodworking) Beadwork, an ornament or utensil
Bead_(disambiguation)
American traveling art exhibit
Bead Town is a traveling art exhibit of 100 huge mosaics composed of recycled Mardi Gras beads. Created by carpenter and artist Stephan Wanger in New Orleans
Bead_Town
Indian prayer bead string
simply mala (Sanskrit: माला; mālā, meaning 'garland') is a loop of prayer beads commonly used in Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and
Japamala
Eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye
'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts), or an eye bead, is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye. The term
Nazar_(amulet)
Calculating tool
slidable beads (or similar objects). In their earliest designs, the beads could be loose on a flat surface or sliding in grooves. Later the beads were made
Abacus
Passive component (choke) suppressing high-frequency noise in electronic circuits
A ferrite bead – also called a ferrite block, ferrite core, ferrite ring, EMI filter, or ferrite choke – is a type of choke that suppresses high-frequency
Ferrite_bead
Christian sacramental and Marian devotion
Mary"); when referring to the prayer beads as an object, it is written with a lower-case initial letter (e.g. "a rosary bead"). The prayers that compose the
Rosary
Sex toy
effect. The main use of anal beads is for sexual stimulation. Anal beads are available in many sizes, with individual beads measuring from 25 mm in diameter
Anal_beads
Type of stone bead
‹See RfD› A dzi bead (Tibetan: གཟི།; pronounced "zee"; alternative spelling: gzi) a type of agate bead of uncertain origin found in the Himalayan regions
Dzi_bead
Plastic bead toy
Fuse beads, thermobeads, iron beads, or iron-fusible beads are multicoloured tubular plastic beads that can be arranged into 2D designs on a pegboard
Fuse_beads
Circular piercing style
captive bead ring (CBR), ball closure ring (BCR), captive hoop, or captive ball ring is a common example of body piercing jewelry. The captive bead or ball
Captive_bead_ring
String of beads used in various religious traditions
Prayer beads are a form of beadwork used to count the repetitions of prayers, chants, or mantras by members of various religions such as Christian denominations
Prayer_beads
Small bead used for weaving and embellishments
Seed beads or rocailles are uniformly shaped, spheroidal beads ranging in size from under a millimeter to several millimeters. Seed bead is also a generic
Seed_bead
Index of plants with the same common name
Bead lily is a common name for several flowering plant species in genus Clintonia, including: Clintonia andrewsiana, Andrews' bead lily, also known as
Bead_lily
Decoration technique
stringing, bead embroidery, bead crochet, bead knitting, and bead tatting. The art of creating and utilizing beads is ancient, and ostrich shell beads discovered
Beadwork
Term for the edge of a tire that sits on the rim
Tire bead is the term for the edge of a tire that sits on the rim. Wheels for automobiles, bicycles, etc. are made with a small slot or groove into which
Tire_bead
Embroidery using beads as embellishments
In this respect, bead embroidery differs from bead weaving, bead crochet, and bead knitting. Woven, knitted, and crocheted beads may be attached during
Bead_embroidery
Red-orange chalcedony variety
used as beads since the Early Neolithic in Bulgaria. The first faceted (with constant 16+16=32 facets on each side of the bead) carnelian beads are described
Carnelian
Art form
Glass bead making has long traditions, with the oldest known beads dating over 3,000 years. People have been making beads out of glass since at least
Glass_bead_making
Children's toy
A bead maze or bead roller coaster is a children's toy. Bead mazes feature a wooden base with brightly-colored rigid wires strung from one side of the
Bead_maze
String of beads
Worry beads or komboloi/kompoloi (Greek: κομπολόι, IPA: [ko(m)boˈloi̯], 'bead collection'; plural: κομπολόγια, IPA: [ko(m)boˈloʝa]) is a string of beads manipulated
Worry_beads
Natural sorting algorithm
Bead sort, also called gravity sort, is a natural sorting algorithm, developed by Joshua J. Arulanandham, Cristian S. Calude and Michael J. Dinneen in
Bead_sort
Traditional African jewelry piece worn around the waist
Waist beads are a type of jewelry worn around the waist or hips and commonly worn in West Africa and North Africa. The beads are often made from materials
Waist_beads
Topics referred to by the same term
title Bead game. If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Bead game may
Bead_game
African bead variety
Powder glass beads are a type of necklace ornamentation. The earliest such beads, dated to between 970 and 1000 CE, were discovered during archaeological
Powder_glass_beads
Chinese abacus
two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck. The beads are usually rounded and made of a hardwood. The beads are
Suanpan
Historic form of currency
Trade beads are beads that were used as a medium of barter within and amongst human communities. They are considered to be one of the earliest forms of
Trade_beads
Seneca archaeological site in Toronto, Canada
Bead Hill is an archaeological site comprising the only known remaining and intact 17th-century Seneca site in Canada. It is located on the banks of the
Bead_Hill
Ancient decorative bead
Etched carnelian beads Etched carnelian beads, or sometimes bleached carnelian beads, are a type of ancient decorative bead made from carnelian with an
Etched_carnelian_beads
Beadlike decoration motif
Bead and reel is an architectural motif, usually found in sculptures, moldings and numismatics. It consists in a thin line where beadlike elements alternate
Bead_and_reel
Method of stringing beads
Bead stringing is a type of beadwork which involves putting beads on a string. It can range from simply sliding a single bead onto any thread-like medium
Bead_stringing
Beadwork technique
Bead weaving (or beadweaving) is a set of techniques for weaving sheets and objects of seed beads. Threads are strung through and/or around the beads
Bead_weaving
Bureau enquêtes accidents défense (BEA Défense or BEAD) and Bureau enquêtes accidents défense air (BEAD-air), is an agency of the French Ministry of Defence
Bureau enquêtes accidents pour la sécurité de l'aéronautique d'État
Bureau_enquêtes_accidents_pour_la_sécurité_de_l'aéronautique_d'État
Device securing a tire bead to a wheel
A beadlock or bead lock is a mechanical device that secures the bead of a tire to the wheel of a vehicle. Tires and wheels are designed so that when the
Beadlock
Beads historically used in North American trading
The Chief's bead, named "ti-a, co-mo-shack" by North American Natives, are blue glass trade beads used during the late 18th century and early 19th century
Chief's_Beads
Automotive Tool
tire bead. The bead is a thicker section of rubber, and is reinforced with braided steel cables, called the bead bundle. The surface of the bead creates
Bead_breaker
Mauritanian powder glass beads
Kiffa beads are rare powder glass beads. They are named after the Mauritanian city of Kiffa, where French ethnologist R. Mauny documented them first in
Kiffa_beads
Crochet technique
Bead crochet is a crochet technique that incorporates beads into a crochet fabric. The technique is used to produce decorative effects in women's fashion
Bead_crochet
Glass beads influenced by Venetian glassmakers
Murano beads are intricate glass beads influenced by Venetian glass artists. Since 1291, Murano glassmakers have refined technologies for producing beads and
Murano_beads
Machine tool
A bead roller is a machine tool that makes rigid lines in sheet metal to make surfaces more rugged and durable. The lines bead rollers add to sheet metal
Bead_roller
Technique used for in-circuit testing
Bead probe technology (BPT) is technique used to provide electrical access (called “nodal access”) to printed circuit board (PCB) circuitry for performing
Bead_probe_technology
Archeological ornaments
eggshell beads, considered among the earliest ornaments created by Homo sapiens, represent some of the most ancient fully manufactured beads. Archaeologists
Ostrich_eggshell_beads
Beaded knitting is a type of knitting in which the stitches are decorated with ceramic or glass beads. In the Victorian era, it was popular to knit densely
Bead_knitting
Woodworking decorative treatment
A bead is a woodworking decorative treatment applied to various elements of wooden furniture, boxes and other items. A bead is typically a rounded shape
Bead_(woodworking)
Type of piercing
straight bar with a bead on each end, one or both beads unscrewable for removal and/or changing of the beads. Often one of the beads is fixed, either via
Barbell_(piercing)
Fruitstone used as a prayer bead in Hinduism
Elaeocarpus specifically, Elaeocarpus ganitrus. These seeds are used as prayer beads for Hindus (especially Shaivas) and Buddhists. When they are ripe, rudraksha
Rudraksha
Type of body piercing
piercing Horizontal clitoral hood (HCH) piercing with captive bead ring VCH with a captive bead ring. Christina piercing Clitoris piercing Foreskin piercing
Clitoral_hood_piercing
Natural number
447,214th triangular number 102,280,151,422 = number of 43-bead binary necklaces with beads of 2 colors where the colors may be swapped but turning over
100,000,000,000
Fossilized stem segment of a crinoid
Indian bead is a colloquial American term for a fossilized stem segment of a columnal crinoid, a marine echinoderm of the class Crinoidea. The fossils
Indian_bead
Natural number
of 50-bead necklaces (turning over is allowed) where complements are equivalent 5,744,387,279,818 : number of 49-bead binary necklaces with beads of 2
1,000,000,000,000
Jewelry manufactured specifically for use in body piercing
body jewelry that are sold often in modern days include barbells, captive bead rings, labrets, navel curves, plugs, spirals, and various other types of
Body_piercing_jewelry
1974 Turkish comedy film
The Blue Bead (Turkish: Mavi Boncuk) is a 1974 Turkish comedy film, produced, co-written and directed by Ertem Eğilmez, featuring Turkish classical music
The_Blue_Bead
Bead-rim pottery refers to the presence of a rounded molding on the lip of a jar, bowl, or dish, both to add strength and assist in handling. Darvill,
Bead-rim_pottery
Type of glass beads
Chevron beads are special glass beads; the first specimens of this type were created by glass bead makers in Venice and Murano, Italy, toward the end of
Chevron_bead
International standard for labeling the size of bicycle tires and rims
rim: straight-sided, tubeless straight-sided, hooked bead, crochet type (not the same as hooked bead type), and tubeless crochet type rims. Part 1 considers
ISO_5775
Traditional shell bead of the Eastern Woodlands Indigenous tribes of North America
traditional shell bead of the Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America. The term first referred to white and purple beads made from the
Wampum
Pre-production plastic pellets
Pre-production plastic pellets, commonly known as nurdles, are tiny plastic pellets (smaller than 5 mm or 0.20 in) that are universally used in the plastics
Nurdle_(bead)
1977 Canadian film by Ishu Patel
Bead Game (French: Histoire de perles) is a 1977 animated short film by Ishu Patel, created by arranging beads into the shapes of real and mythical creatures
Bead_Game
Glass production in sub-Saharan Africa
Glass in sub-Saharan Africa mostly consists of the importation of glass beads into sub-Saharan Africa, shipped primarily from the Middle East and India
Glass_in_sub-Saharan_Africa
Decorated glass bead
Aggry beads (also spelled aggri beads or aggrey beads) are a type of decorated glass bead from Ghana, used by West Africans as ornaments in necklaces
Aggry_beads
Naturally occurring bead-like objects
Puka shells are naturally occurring bead-like shells found on the beaches of Hawaii or other places. Each bead is the beach-worn apex of a cone snail.
Puka_shell
catalytic bead sensor is a type of sensor that is used for combustible gas detection from the family of gas sensors known as pellistors. The catalytic bead sensor
Catalytic_bead_sensor
Christian devotional prayer beads
Anglican prayer beads, also known as the Anglican rosary or Anglican chaplet, are a loop of strung Christian prayer beads used chiefly by Anglicans in
Anglican_prayer_beads
Beads that change color in UV rays
Ultraviolet-sensitive beads (UV beads) are beads that change color in the presence of ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet rays are present in sunlight and
Ultraviolet-sensitive_bead
Bead company
Walco Bead Co. was one of the largest bead companies in the United States of America, Africa, China, and Canada at the start of the 1900s. It was a landmark
Walco_Bead_Co.
Thought experiment in physics
In general relativity, the sticky bead argument is a simple thought experiment designed to show that gravitational radiation is indeed predicted by general
Sticky_bead_argument
archipelago located in Southeast Asia and consists of 7,641 islands. Prehistoric beads are among the most significant resources deriving from the human past. They
Prehistoric beads in the Philippines
Prehistoric_beads_in_the_Philippines
Species of flowering plant in the bean family
paternoster pea, love pea, precatory pea or bean, prayer bead, John Crow Bead, coral bead, red-bead vine, country licorice, Indian licorice, wild licorice
Abrus_precatorius
Body piercing through the perineum
infection, because of the constant presence of fecal matter. Both captive bead rings and barbell-style jewelry are worn in guiche piercings, both as initial
Guiche_piercing
Index of plants with the same common name
Look up bead-tree in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bead tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Adenanthera Adenanthera pavonina
Bead_tree
Album by Clifford Jordan
Glass Bead Games is a double album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Strata-East label. The album was
Glass_Bead_Games
Physical phenomenon
The chain fountain phenomenon, also known as self-siphoning beads, Newton's beads, or the Mould effect, is a physical phenomenon observed with a chain
Chain_fountain
Glasswork technique
in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1849; prior to that, the beads were called mosaic beads. While the use of this technique long precedes the term "millefiori"
Millefiori
American jazz-rock drummer (1947–1990)
known as the original drummer for Steely Dan. After leaving the Boston group Bead Game, Hodder moved to Los Angeles to join Steely Dan. He played on their
Jim_Hodder_(musician)
Aiming device
used like a shotgun bead; the rear sight is ignored, and the bead is placed on the target. When more time is available, the bead is placed in the "V"
Iron_sights
Form of carbon with an extremely high surface area
strength and low dust content. Also sold as CTO filter (Chlorine, Taste, Odor). Bead activated carbon (BAC) is manufactured from carbonizing petroleum pitch and
Activated_carbon
The bead theory is a disproved hypothesis that genes are arranged on the chromosome like beads on a necklace. This theory was first proposed by Thomas
Bead_theory
Natural number
173) 129,644,790 = Catalan number 130,150,588 = number of 33-bead binary necklaces with beads of 2 colors where the colors may be swapped but turning over
100,000,000
Fossils used as beads
St. Cuthbert's beads (or Cuddy's beads) are fossilised portions of the "stems" of crinoids from the Carboniferous period. Crinoids are a kind of marine
St._Cuthbert's_beads
Method of synthesizing complex molecules
protective group. The starting material is a bead which binds to the building block. At first, this bead is added into the solution of the protected building
Solid-phase_synthesis
Alpine lake in the state of Idaho
Upper Bead Lake is a small alpine lake in Boise County, Idaho, United States, lies within the Sawtooth Mountains in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area
Upper_Bead_Lake
Base-10 portable abacus
used in the Roman world. It was a base-10 form of the abacus, with movable beads held in slots rather than loose counters. The device belonged to a wider
Roman_abacus
Method of marking or cleaning a surface
sandblasting (with sand). Moderately abrasive variants include glass bead blasting (with glass beads) and plastic media blasting (PMB) with ground-up plastic stock
Sandblasting
Visual tool used for family planning
CycleBeads is a visual tool that was developed by the Institute for Reproductive Health at Georgetown University. This device helps women use the Standard
CycleBeads
Small south Netherlandish prayer nut
Prayer bead with the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion (MS 17.190.475) is a small south Netherlandish prayer nut, carved in fine-grained boxwood
Prayer bead with the Adoration of the Magi and the Crucifixion
Prayer_bead_with_the_Adoration_of_the_Magi_and_the_Crucifixion
Regional glass product
is still well known is the production of "druk" beads. Druks are small (3mm-18mm) round glass beads with small threading holes produced in a wide variety
Bohemian_glass
Prayer beads
The I bead The bead of Baptism The bead of Silence The Desert bead The bead of Silence The Carefree bead The bead of Silence Bead of God's love Bead of God's
Wreath_of_Christ
Radiologic sign
In radiology, Canga's bead symptom is the irregular appearance of uterus and nodular structures in tuba uterina observed in patients with genital tuberculosis
Canga's_bead_symptom
Glass beads used in Peranakan slipper-making
Peranakan cut beads (Peranakan: Manek potong) are faceted glass beads used by the Peranakan women to make Peranakan beaded slippers (kasot manek) and other
Peranakan_cut_beads
German writer (1877–1962)
include Demian, Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, Narcissus and Goldmund, and The Glass Bead Game, each of which explores an individual's search for authenticity, self-knowledge
Hermann_Hesse
after a return stroke, sometimes referred to as the lightning's 'bead-out' stage. 'Bead lightning' is more properly a stage of a normal lightning discharge
List_of_lightning_phenomena
Element of sailing rigging
Parrel beads (also spelled parral or parrell) are an element of sailing rigging. They act as roller bearings on a parrel, which is a rope or wire strop
Parrel_beads
Feature of total and annular solar eclipses
The Baily's beads, diamond ring or more rarely double diamond ring effects, are features of total and annular solar eclipses. Although caused by the same
Baily's_beads
Hopkins in the late 1970s, the sample and bead mix is subjected to high level agitation by stirring or shaking. Beads collide with the cellular sample, cracking
Cell_disruption
Natural number
of 52-bead necklaces (turning over is allowed) where complements are equivalent 22,076,468,764,192 : number of 51-bead binary necklaces with beads of 2
10,000,000,000,000
Type of body piercing
jewelry through the clitoral head." Two clitoris piercings with captive bead rings along with a Christina piercing A vertical clitoris piercing with a
Clitoris_piercing
Species of reptile
The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) or beaded lizard is a species of venomous lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of
Mexican_beaded_lizard
BEAD
BEAD
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently an occupational name for a tipstaff or beadle who carried a long staff as a badge of office; perhaps also a nickname for a very tall, thin man, or even an obscene nickname for a man with a long sexual organ. The surname is found chiefly in northeastern England.
Surname or Lastname
English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Beadle.Swedish : from bod ‘small hut’ + -ell, a frequent suffix of surnames, from the Latin adjectival ending -elius.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Bodelle, an occupational name for a beadle. Compare Bittel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a medieval court official, from Middle English bedele (Old English bydel, reinforced by Old French bedel). The word is of Germanic origin, and akin to Old English bēodan ‘to command’ and Old High German bodo ‘messenger’. In the Middle Ages a beadle in England and France was a junior official of a court of justice, responsible for acting as an usher in a court, carrying the mace in processions in front of a justice, delivering official notices, making proclamations (as a sort of town crier), and so on. By Shakespeare’s day a beadle was a sort of village constable, appointed by the parish to keep order.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Beadnell in Northumberland or Bednall in Staffordshire, both named with the genitive case of the Old English personal name Bēda + Old English halh ‘nook’.
Girl/Female
Tamil
A glass bead
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Beadle.Americanized spelling of German Bittel or its variant Büttel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bakewell in Derbyshire, named with the Old English personal name Badeca, Baduca (from a short form of the various compound personal names with the first element beadu ‘battle’) + well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Beadurīc, composed of the elements beadu ‘battle’ + rīc ‘power’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : apparently an occupational name for a tipstaff or beadle who carried a long staff as a badge of office; perhaps also a nickname for a very tall, thin man, or even an obscene nickname for a man with a long sexual organ. The surname is found chiefly in northeastern England.
Surname or Lastname
English (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained. Compare Budlong.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Scattered pearls, Beads
Boy/Male
Muslim
Shining like bead, Stone (1)
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bathurst in the parish of Warbleton, Sussex, named with the Old English personal name Bada (a short form of the various compound names formed with beadu ‘battle’) + Old English hyrst ‘wooded hill’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beadle.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly a variant of Beadle, or a nickname from the breed of small hound called a beagle.Alternatively, it may be from French bégueule ‘gaper’, Old French begueulle ‘noisy shouting person’, a word which has been proposed as the etymology of the English term for the dog.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Biegel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic meaning ‘son of the beadle’ (see Beadle).
Surname or Lastname
English (Essex), French, German, and Italian (Apulia and Basilcata)
English (Essex), French, German, and Italian (Apulia and Basilcata) : from Latin pater noster ‘Our Father’, the opening words of the Lord’s Prayer, which is represented by large beads punctuating the rosary. The surname was a metonymic occupational name for a maker of rosaries, often a shortened form of the Middle English, Middle High German occupational term paternosterer. It may also have been originally a nickname for an excessively pious individual or for someone who was under a feudal obligation to say paternosters for his master as part of the service by which he held land.Dutch : probably a habitational name from the name of a house in Delft, ‘Int paternoster’, built in 1600. In this case the derivation is from the word as a term for manacles which hold the hands together so that it appears that the restrained person is praying.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; said to be an Anglicized form of a French Huguenot name. It may be a variant of Beadling. It is also found as a surname in the Philippines.The name was brought to Warwick, RI, some time in or before 1668, probably from England, by Francis Budlong (died 1675).
Surname or Lastname
French and English
French and English : from Old French bastun ‘stick’, hence a nickname for a person of authority, an officious person, or perhaps for a beadle or verger.English : habitational name from Baston in Lincolnshire, named with the Old Norse personal name Bak + Old English tūn ‘farmstead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Beadle.Possibly a variant of French and German Bedel.
BEAD
BEAD
Girl/Female
Tamil
Future
Girl/Female
Australian, Spanish
Diminutive Form of Juana; Derived from John
Boy/Male
Biblical
The seat; or captivity of the Lord.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
A Devotee
Girl/Female
Tamil
Mother
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Brightness Like Sun
Boy/Male
Biblical
Having a dowry.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Religious Duty; Commandment of God
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German
Baker
Boy/Male
Hindu
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
a.
Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
n.
Ornamental work in beads.
n.
Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bead
n.
Molding in imitation of beads.
a.
Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
v. t.
To ornament with beads or beading.
n.
A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
imp. & p. p.
of Bead
v. i.
To form beadlike bubbles.
n.
A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general.
a.
Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
n.
A series of prayers (see Note below) arranged to be recited in order, on beads; also, a string of beads by which the prayers are counted.
n.
The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.
v. t.
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.