Definitions for: Beard


[n] tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
[n] hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
[n] the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
[n] a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
[v] go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"



Webster (1913) Definition: Beard, n. [OE. berd, AS. beard; akin to Fries. berd, D.
baard, G. bart, Lith. barzda, OSlav. brada, Pol. broda, Russ.
boroda, L. barba, W. barf. Cf. 1st Barb.]
1. The hair that grows on the chin, lips, and adjacent parts
of the human face, chiefly of male adults.

2. (Zo["o]l.)
(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.] --Chaucer.

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.


Beard, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bearded; p. pr. & vb. n.
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 gills; to set at defiance.

No admiral, bearded by three corrupt and dissolute
minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter
something about a court martial. --Macaulay.

3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
similar shellfish.

Synonyms: byssus, face fungus, whiskers

See Also: adult male body, awn, beaver, burnside, caprine animal, face, fiber, fibre, fuzz, fuzz, goat, goatee, hair, hair, hair, human face, imperial, Imperial beard, man's body, moustache, mustache, mutton chop, rim, sideburn, side-whiskers, tomentum

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