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for Bearded
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Bearded \Beard"ed\, a.
Having a beard. "Bearded fellow." --Shak. "Bearded grain."
--Dryden.
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Bearded vulture, Bearded eagle. (Zool.) See Lammergeir.
Bearded tortoise. (Zool.) See Matamata.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Beard \Beard\ (b[=e]rd), 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.
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2. To oppose to the face; to set at defiance.
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No admiral, bearded by these corrupt and dissolute
minions of the palace, dared to do more than mutter
something about a court martial. --Macaulay.
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3. To deprive of the gills; -- used only of oysters and
similar shellfish.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
bearded
adj 1: having hair on the cheeks and chin [syn: bearded,
barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery]
2: having a growth of hairlike awns; "bearded wheatgrass"
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