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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
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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)
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
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
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
Type of body piercing
as the clitoris piercing goes directly through the glans. Both captive bead rings and barbell style jewelry can be worn in this piercing, both as initial
Clitoris_piercing
Beads of the Kewa Pueblo people
Heishe or heishi (pronounced "hee shee") are small disc- or tube-shaped beads made of organic shells or ground and polished stones. They come from the
Heishe
Bath water additives
salts to form amorphous granules, the product being called "bath beads" or "bath oil beads"), foaming agents, and effervescent agents. Bath salts may be
Bath_salts
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
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
2015 single by GFriend
"Glass Bead" (Korean: 유리구슬; RR: Yuriguseul) is the debut single by South Korean girl group GFriend. It was released by Source Music on January 15, 2015
Glass_Bead
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
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
American musician
Chanel Beads is the stage name of American musician Shane Lavers. Lavers is currently signed to Jagjaguwar. Beads is based in New York City. Lavers debut
Chanel_Beads
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
Manual counting tool
Pace count beads, pacer beads or ranger beads are a manual counting tool used to keep track of distance traveled through a pace count. It is used in military
Pace_count_beads
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
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
Topics referred to by the same term
species of scarab beetles Chafing dish, a food warming dish Bead chafer, a material in the bead area of the tire intended to protect the carcass against
Chafer
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
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 guichepiercings, both as initial
Guiche_piercing
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
Penis piercing
rubbing compared with more voluminous jewelry, such as barbells with end beads or open rings. The continuous structure of the ring also limits independent
Frenum_piercing
Revolver made by Smith & Wesson
cartridge, in production from 1954 to 1986. It is a high quality matte-finished bead blasted version of the S&W Model 27. The Model 28, also known as the Highway
Smith_&_Wesson_Model_28
Species of legume
Église, bead tree, Circassian seed, corail végétal, coral wood, madhoshi, moralitos, curly bean, deleite, Delicia, dilmawi, Graine-réglisse, jumbi-bead, l'Église
Adenanthera_pavonina
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
Material used to make beads
Faturan, in Middle Eastern beadwork, is a material used to make beads, notably in the making of komboloi and misbaha. "Bakelite" and "Parkesine" are both
Faturan
Species of fig
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family
Ficus_religiosa
Genus of plants
word nerteros, meaning low down. Common names include pincushion, coral bead or bead plant. They are prostrate, creeping, mat-forming herbaceous perennial
Nertera
BEAD
BEAD
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
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
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 (Northumberland and Durham)
English (Northumberland and Durham) : unexplained. Compare Budlong.
Girl/Female
Tamil
A glass bead
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 : variant spelling of Beadle.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Scattered pearls, Beads
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Beadle.Americanized spelling of German Bittel or its variant Büttel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic meaning ‘son of the beadle’ (see Beadle).
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’.
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’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Shining like bead, Stone (1)
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 : 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 : variant spelling of Beadle.Possibly a variant of French and German Bedel.
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 : 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 : 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 : 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.
BEAD
BEAD
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish
English (chiefly Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Midlands) and Scottish : occupational name for a weaver, early Middle English webber, agent derivative of Webb.The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (d. 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, in about 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Snake
Boy/Male
English
Rygetun - from the rye farm.
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Irish, Polish, Swedish
Lady; Mistress of the House; Mistress; Dedicated to Mars
Girl/Female
Arabic
Flowers Opening
Boy/Male
Tamil
Sai Amartya | ஸாஈ அமரà¯à®¤à¯à®¯
Immortal, Shirdi Sai baba
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Boy/Male
Arabic
Pleaser
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Elephant Bellied
Girl/Female
Indian
Pure
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
BEAD
v. i.
To form beadlike bubbles.
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.
v. t.
To ornament with beads or beading.
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.
n.
A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim).
n.
Beads made of shells, used by the North American Indians as money, and also wrought into belts, etc., as an ornament.
v. t.
To deprive of a string or strings; also, to take from a string; as, to unstring beads.
n.
Ornamental work in beads.
a.
Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
imp. & p. p.
of Bead
n.
Office or jurisdiction of a beadle.
n.
Molding in imitation of beads.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Bead
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.
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.
The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle.
n.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
a.
Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
a.
Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.