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bead Noun 1. a small pierced piece of glass, wood, or plastic that may be strung with others to form a necklace, rosary, etc. 2. a small drop of moisture 3. a small metal knob acting as the sight of a firearm Verb to decorate with beads [Old English bed prayer] beaded adj
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bead Translationsbeads npl (= necklace) → collar m beads npl (= necklace) → collier m beads npl (necklace) → Perlenkette f beads npl (= necklace) → collana |
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Whenever the wheels sank farther than usual into a rut, or jolted suddenly over a stone, she bounded involuntarily into the air, came down again, pushed back her funny little straw hat, and picked up or settled more firmly a small pink sun shade, which seemed to be her chief responsibility, --unless we except a bead purse, into which she looked whenever the condition of the roads would permit, finding great apparent satisfaction in that its precious contents neither disappeared nor grew less. He had bead eyes, and his helmet was sewed on with stitches. And then he strewed the table with the nuggets, stuffed ptarmigans, bead work and seal pelts of the returned Kiondiker, and began to prate to us of his millions. |
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